heliozoa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun mostly freshwater protozoa
    order Heliozoa.
  2. noun protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
    heliozoan.

WordNet


He`li*o*zo"a noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the sun + an animal.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.

Webster 1913