OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 41606

radiolarian

/ˌɹeɪ.di.ə(ʊ)ˈlɛəɹi.ən/
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radiolario
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.
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