Difflugia

[ dih-floo-jee-uh ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Difflugia¹

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

Example Sentences

Difflugia may make use of grains of sand to form its test, but all protozoa conjugate.

From Project Gutenberg

Equally striking are the interesting experiments that Jennings has recently carried out with Difflugia (fig. 91).

From Project Gutenberg

Dujardin points out very clearly the identity of structure between organisms like Amœbæ and such forms as Difflugia and Arcella.

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