Definition of heliozoan
: any of a class (Heliozoa) of free-living spherical usually freshwater protozoans that reproduce by binary fission or budding
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Origin and Etymology of heliozoan
New Latin Heliozoa, from 1heli- + -zoa
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First Known Use: circa 1889
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