Difflugia

[ dih-floo-jee-uh ]

/ dɪˈflu dʒi ə /

noun

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

Origin of Difflugia

<New Latin (1816), equivalent to Latin difflu(ere) to flow away (see diffluent) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia-ia

Words nearby Difflugia

difficulty, diffidence, diffident, diffluence, diffluent, Difflugia, diffract, diffraction, diffraction grating, diffraction halo, diffraction pattern

Example sentences from the Web for Difflugia

Difflugia may make use of grains of sand to form its test, but all protozoa conjugate.
Beauty and the Beast|Stewart A. McDowall
Dujardin points out very clearly the identity of structure between organisms like Amœbæ and such forms as Difflugia and Arcella.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
Equally striking are the interesting experiments that Jennings has recently carried out with Difflugia (fig. 91).
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution|Thomas Hunt Morgan

单词	difflugia
释义	Difflugia [ dih-floo-jee-uh ] / dɪˈflu dʒi ə / noun a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains. Origin of Difflugia <New Latin (1816), equivalent to Latin difflu(ere) to flow away (see diffluent) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia-ia Words nearby Difflugia difficulty, diffidence, diffident, diffluence, diffluent, Difflugia, diffract, diffraction, diffraction grating, diffraction halo, diffraction pattern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Difflugia Difflugia may make use of grains of sand to form its test, but all protozoa conjugate. Beauty and the Beast\|Stewart A. McDowall Dujardin points out very clearly the identity of structure between organisms like Amœbæ and such forms as Difflugia and Arcella. The Ocean World:\|Louis Figuier Equally striking are the interesting experiments that Jennings has recently carried out with Difflugia (fig. 91). A Critique of the Theory of Evolution\|Thomas Hunt Morgan
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