/sahr'keuh din"ee euhn/ , adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
n.
2. Also called sarcodine /sahr"keuh duyn', -deen'/ . a sarcodinian protozoan.
[ Sarcodin ( a ) name of the class (Gk sarkód ( es ) fleshy + NL -ina neut. pl. suffix) + -IAN ]