heliozoan

noun

he·​lio·​zo·​an ˌhē-lē-ə-ˈzō-ən 

: any of a class (Heliozoa) of free-living spherical usually freshwater protozoans that reproduce by binary fission or budding

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Heliozoa, from heli- entry 1 + -zoa

First Known Use

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heliozoan

• bryozoan
• metazoan
• protozoan
• coan
• kohen
• rohan
• rowan
• rowen
• minoan
• samoan