Rhizopod

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda, such as an amoeba or a radiolarian, characteristically moving and taking in food by means of pseudopods.
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  • n. A member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda being a type of amoeboid single cell life with pseudopods not supported by regular array of microtubules.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the Rhizopoda.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Provided with pseudopods, as an animalcule: having processes of sarcode, as if roots, by means of which the animalcule is attached or moves; root-footed; specifically, of or pertaining to the Rhizopoda, in any sense. Also rhizopodous.
  • n. A member of the Rhizopoda, in any sense.
  • n. In botany, same as rhizopodium.
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  • n. protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protozoon    protozoan   
    Hyponym
    foram    amoeba    testacean    foraminifer    ameba   
     
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