radiolarian
UK/ˌɹeɪ.di.ə(ʊ)ˈlɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌɹeɪ.di.oʊˈlɛɹi.ən/
radiolarian noun: any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
Noun
radiolarian (plural radiolarians)
- Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
- Water wells inkblack in the streets repeating the polelamps in glozy rosettes that dish and slide in the wash like radiolarians pale with phosphorous on a midnight sea.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188
Forms of radiolarian
| plural | radiolarians |
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Origin of radiolarian
From Translingual Radiolaria + English -an.
Words formed from radiolarian
Words that rhyme with radiolarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about radiolarian
- What does radiolarian mean?
- Radiolarian means any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
- What part of speech is radiolarian?
- Radiolarian is a noun.
- How do you pronounce radiolarian?
- Radiolarian is pronounced /ˌɹeɪ.di.ə(ʊ)ˈlɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of radiolarian?
- The plural of radiolarian is radiolarians.
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