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Webster 1913 Edition


Radiolaria

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Raˊdi-o-la′ri-a

(rāˊdĭ-ō̍-lā′rĭ-ȧ)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Radioli
.]
(Zool.)
Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See
Polycystina
.