Tripylea

plural noun

Tripy·​lea

-lēə

: a suborder of Radiolaria comprising protozoans with or without spiculate skeletons and with the central capsule pierced by three openings

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tri- + Greek pylē opening, orifice

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