heliozoic


he·li·o·zo·an

H0132400 (hē′lē-ə-zō′ən)n. Any of various aquatic, chiefly freshwater protozoans formerly classified in the class Heliozoa, characteristically having numerous spindlelike pseudopods that radiate from a central cell mass.
[From New Latin Hēliozōa, former class name : helio- (from their shape) + -zōa, pl. of -zōon, -zoon.]
he′li·o·zo′ic (-zō′ĭk) adj.

heliozoic

(ˌhiːlɪəʊˈzəʊɪk) adj (Animals) denoting or relating to a heliozoan