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Meaning of RHIZOPODA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
 
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 Synonyms: subclass Rhizopoda
 
 See Also: Amoebida, Amoebina, class, class Sarcodina, Foraminifera, order Amoebida, order Amoebina, order Foraminifera, order Testacea, rhizopod, rhizopodan, Sarcodina, Testacea

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhi*zop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a root +
-poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have
pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their
food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am[oe]bea),
Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See
{Protozoa}.
 

 

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