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SUBCLASS RHIZOPODA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Rhizopoda mean?
• SUBCLASS RHIZOPODA (noun)
The noun SUBCLASS RHIZOPODA has 1 sense:
1. creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
Familiarity information: SUBCLASS RHIZOPODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda
Hypernyms ("subclass Rhizopoda" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "subclass Rhizopoda"):
rhizopod; rhizopodan (protozoa characterized by a pseudopod)
Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina (the animal order including amoebas)
Foraminifera; order Foraminifera (foraminifers)
order Testacea; Testacea (testacean rhizopods)
Holonyms ("subclass Rhizopoda" is a member of...):
class Sarcodina; Sarcodina (characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda)
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