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Noun: Heliozoa
  1. Mostly freshwater protozoa
    - order Heliozoa
Noun: heliozoan (heliozoa,heliozoans)  ,hee-lee-u'zow-un
  1. A protozoan with a spherical body and stiff radiating pseudopods
    "Heliozoans are often called sun animalcules due to their radial symmetry"; "heliozoans are often called sun animalcules due to their radial symmetry"

Type of: actinopod, animal order

Part of: Actinopoda, subclass Actinopoda

Encyclopedia: Heliozoa

Heliozoan