radiolarian

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌɹeɪ.di.ə(ʊ)ˈlɛəɹi.ən/
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/ˌɹeɪ.di.ə(ʊ)ˈlɛəɹi.ən/ · /ˌɹeɪ.di.oʊˈlɛɹi.ən/ · /ˌɹeɪ.di.əˈ-/

Definition of radiolarian

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
    “Water wells inkblack in the streets repeating the polelamps in glozy rosettes that dish and slide in the wash like radiolarians pale with phosphorous on a midnight sea.”

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Etymology

From translingual Radiolaria + -an.

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