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radiolarians

radiolarians is the plural of radiolarian.

Meaning of radiolarian

Noun

radiolarian (plural radiolarians)

  1. 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

Questions about radiolarians

What is radiolarians the plural of?
Radiolarians is the plural of radiolarian.

Words near radiolarians in the dictionary

  1. radiolanthanides
  2. radiolanthanum
  3. radiolaria
  4. radiolarian
  5. radiolarian ooze
  6. radiolarians
  7. radiolarist
  8. radiolarists
  9. radiolarite
  10. radiolarites
  11. radiolaritic

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