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difflugia

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Dif⋅flu⋅gi⋅a

[di-floo-jee-uh]
–noun
a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.

Origin:
< NL (1816), equiv. to L difflu(ere) to flow away (see diffluent ) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia -ia
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