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Mostly freshwater protozoa
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heliozoa
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heliozoa \He`li*o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the sun + zo^,on an animal.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
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n. protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods [also: heliozoa (pl)]
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Heliozoa , commonly known as sun-animalcules, are microbial eukaryotes ( protists ) with stiff arms ( axopodia ) radiating from their spherical bodies, which are responsible for their common name. The axopodia are microtubule-supported projections from ...