Akademik

Arcellidae

noun

soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution

• Syn: ↑family Arcellidae

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Testacea, ↑order Testacea

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Arcella

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\\-əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arcella, type genus + -idae

: a cosmopolitan family of soil and freshwater protozoans related to the amoebas but commonly enclosed in a test — see arcella

Useful english dictionary. 2012.