Difflugia

American

[dih-floo-jee-uh] / dɪˈflu dʒi ə /

noun

a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.

Etymology

Origin of Difflugia

< New Latin (1816), equivalent to Latin difflu ( ere ) to flow away ( see diffluent) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

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When Difflugia divides, part of the protoplasm protrudes from the opening and a new shell is secreted about this mass which becomes a daughter individual.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt

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