actinopod

actinopod

(ækˈtɪnəˌpɒd) n (Animals) any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections

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actinopod - protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopodssarcodine, sarcodinian - protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodsActinopoda, subclass Actinopoda - heliozoans; radiolariansheliozoan - protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopodsradiolarian - protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods