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‖ rhizopoda, n. pl. Zool.|raɪˈzɒpədə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ῥίζα root + ποδ-, πούς foot: see -a 4.]
The lowest class of Protozoa comprising animalcules having pseudopodia.
1859Greene Protozoa ii. 3. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 111 Rhizopoda which are partly naked, partly provided with shells. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 560 A wide zoological field ranging from the lowly rhizopoda to the highest mammals.
Hence rhizopodal |raɪˈzɒpədəl|, rhizopodic |-ˈpɒdɪk|, rhizopodous |-ˈɒpədəs| adjs., belonging to or characteristic of the Rhizopoda.
1866Rep. Brit. Ass., Trans. (1867) 69 The Rhizopodal Fauna of the Hebrides. 1869Monthly Microsc. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 39 Of the animal of Eozöon we know..little beyond its having been recognized by Professor Carpenter as distinctly of a Rhizopodous type. 1871T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 17 No rhizopodic extensions are in these organisms protruded externally. |