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单词 radiolarian
释义

radiolarian

noun

ra·​di·​o·​lar·​i·​an ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈler-ē-ən How to pronounce radiolarian (audio)
: 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

Illustration of radiolarian

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The organic carbon decline coincided with the disappearance of more than 50 species of radiolarians, which served as a food source for numerous marine species and whose disappearance was an indicator of a major biological crisis. Reuters, WIRED, 10 May 2001

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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