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RHIZOPOD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod

Synonyms:

rhizopod; rhizopodan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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