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Polycystid — Pol y*cys tid, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of the Polycystidea. (b) One of the Polycystina. a. Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Polycystine — Pol y*cys tine, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. n. One of the Polycystina. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
polycystid — 1. noun a) One of the Polycystidea. b) One of the Polycystina. 2. adjective Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina … Wiktionary
polycystine — 1. adjective Pertaining to the Polycystina. 2. noun a) One of the Polycystina. b) a homopolymer of the amino acid cystine … Wiktionary
Radiolaria — Ra di*o*la ri*a (r[=a] d[i^]*[ o]*l[=a] r[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL. See {Radioli}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
radiolarian — noun Date: 1875 any of three classes (Acantharia, Polycystina, and Phaeodaria) of usually spherical chiefly planktonic marine protozoans having radiating threadlike pseudopodia and often a siliceous skeleton of spicules • radiolarian adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Radiolaria — Radiolaires Haeckel … Wikipédia en Français
protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… … Universalium
polycystidan — polyˈcystidan, a. (n.) Zool. [f. as prec., or (in b.) from mod.L. Polycystida + an.] a. Belonging to the Polycystidea; as n. one of these: see prec. b. Belonging to the Polycystida, a family of Polycystina; as n. one of these: see next … Useful english dictionary
