Heliozoa

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heliozoa \He`li*o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the sun + zo^,on
     an animal.] (Zool.)
     An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less
     globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun
     animalcule.



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Heliozoa
       n : mostly freshwater protozoa [syn: {order Heliozoa}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heliozoan
       n : protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating
           pseudopods
       [also: {heliozoa} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heliozoa
       See {heliozoan}