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difflugia

noun

a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains

• Hypernyms: ↑protozoan, ↑protozoon

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Difflugia

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\\də̇flüjēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin diffluere + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a genus of protozoans related to Amoeba but having an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains

2. -s : any protozoan of the genus Difflugia

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/di flooh"jee euh/, n.

a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.

[ < NL (1816), equiv. to L difflu(ere) to flow away (see DIFFLUENT) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia -IA]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.