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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a group of aquatic protozoans, of the order Heliozoa, that have spherical bodies from which radiate spindlelike pseudopods
2. 2
   protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods wordnet

Etymology

Heliozoa + -an

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