Difflugia
[ dih-floo-jee-uh ]
/ dɪˈflu dʒi ə /
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noun
a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.
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How to use Difflugia in a sentence
Difflugia may make use of grains of sand to form its test, but all protozoa conjugate.
Beauty and the Beast|Stewart A. McDowallEqually striking are the interesting experiments that Jennings has recently carried out with Difflugia (fig. 91).
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution|Thomas Hunt MorganDujardin points out very clearly the identity of structure between organisms like Amœbæ and such forms as Difflugia and Arcella.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier