RHIZOPODA


Meaning of RHIZOPODA in English

I. rīˈzäpədə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from rhiz- + -poda

: a subclass of Sarcodina comprising usually creeping protozoans with lobose or rootlike pseudopods and including the orders Amoebina, Testacea, and Foraminifera, and sometimes also Proteomyxa and Mycetozoa

• rhi·zop·o·dal (ˈ)rī|zäpəd ə l adjective

• rhi·zop·o·dan -d ə n adjective or noun

• rhi·zop·o·dous -dəs adjective

II.

Etymology: New Latin

synonym of sarcodina

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