WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Dif•flu•gi•a
(di flo̅o̅′jē ə),USA pronunciation n.
- a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.
- Neo-Latin (1816), equivalent. to Latin difflu(ere) to flow away (see diffluent) + -g- (unexplained) + -ia -ia