4 definitions
for Heliozoa
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Heliozoa \He`li*o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the sun + zo^,on
an animal.] (Zool.)
An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less
globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun
animalcule.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
Heliozoa
n : mostly freshwater protozoa [syn: order Heliozoa]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
heliozoan
n : protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating
pseudopods
[also: heliozoa (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
heliozoa
See heliozoan