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Meaning of CATALLACTA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cat`al*lac"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See
{Catallactics}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Protozoa, of which {Magosph[ae]ra} is the type.
They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched
pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in
free, spherical colonies.
 
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