Definitions for: Rhizopoda

[n] creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: subclass Rhizopoda

See Also: Amoebida, Amoebina, class, class Sarcodina, Foraminifera, order Amoebida, order Amoebina, order Foraminifera, order Testacea, rhizopod, rhizopodan, Sarcodina, Testacea

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