SARCODINIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcodinian mean? 

• SARCODINIAN (noun)
  The noun SARCODINIAN has 1 sense:

1. protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods

  Familiarity information: SARCODINIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCODINIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sarcodine; sarcodinian

Hypernyms ("sarcodinian" 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 "sarcodinian"):

actinopod (protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods)

Holonyms ("sarcodinian" is a member of...):

class Sarcodina; Sarcodina (characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda)