heliozoa

2 definitions found

heliozoa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.

heliozoa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Heliozoa
      n 1: mostly freshwater protozoa [syn: Heliozoa, order Heliozoa
           ]