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rhizopoda


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhizopoda  \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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  {Protozoa},  including  {Infusoria}  and  {Rhizopoda}.  For 
  definitions,  see  these  names  in  the  Vocabulary. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Rhizopoda 
  n  :  creeping  protozoans:  amoebas  and  foraminifers  [syn:  {Rhizopoda}, 
  {subclass  Rhizopoda}] 




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