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RHIZOPOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rhizopod mean?
• RHIZOPOD (noun)
The noun RHIZOPOD has 1 sense:
1. protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Familiarity information: RHIZOPOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
rhizopod; rhizopodan
Hypernyms ("rhizopod" is a kind of...):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhizopod"):
ameba; amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)
testacean (any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell)
Holonyms ("rhizopod" is a member of...):
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)
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