rhi·zop·o·da 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|zäpədəl\adjective • rhi·zop·o·dan\-dən\adjective or noun • rhi·zop·o·dous\-dəs\adjective II. Etymology: New Latin synonym of sarcodina