See Also: paysage(dictionary)

heliozoan (iou) and paysage (iou)


heliozoan (iou)



heliozoan noun & adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin Heliozoa nounpl. (see below), from Greek helios sun + zoion animal: see -AN.]
A. noun. Any of the chiefly freshwater protozoans constituting the class Heliozoa, related to radiolarians and having spherical cells with long slender radial pseudopodia and often a siliceous test. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the class Heliozoa. L19.

paysage (iou)



paysage noun. Pl. pronounced same. E17.
[French, from pays country: see -AGE.]
(A representation of) a rural scene or landscape.
? Formerly naturalized.

paysagist noun a landscape-painter E19.