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From translingual Radiolaria +‎ -an.

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radiolarian (plural radiolarians)

  1. Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188:
      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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