Associations to the word «Radiolaria»

Wiktionary

RADIOLARIA, noun. The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria; radiolarians.
RADIOLARIA, proper noun. A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopodea   — the radiolaria, numerous species, most of them extinct, of minute zooplankton, many with distinctive mineral skeletons useful for dating stratigraphic layers.

Dictionary definition

RADIOLARIA, noun. Marine protozoa.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats