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rhi·zo·pod

(rī′zō-pŏd′, -zə-)

Any of numerous amoeboid protozoans of the former phylum Rhizopoda, such as the radiolarians, characteristically having stiff thin pseudopods containing microtubules.

[From New Latin Rhizopoda, former phylum name : rhizo- + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

rhi·zop′o·dan (-zŏp′ə-dən) adj. & n.

rhi·zop′o·dous adj.

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rhizopod

(ˈraɪzəʊˌpɒd)

(Animals) any protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda, characterized by naked protoplasmic processes (pseudopodia). The group includes the amoebas

adj

(Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Rhizopoda

rhizopodan adj, n

rhiˈzopodous adj

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rhi•zo•pod

(ˈraɪ zəˌpɒd)

n.

any of numerous protozoans of the subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by locomotion with a pseudopod: comprises most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.

[1850–55; < New Latin Rhizopoda. See rhizo-, -pod]

rhi•zop′o•dan (-ˈzɒp ə dn) adj., n.

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rhizopod - protozoa characterized by a pseudopod

rhizopodan

protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers

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

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NUMBERS BOTH PALINDROMIC AND TAUTONYMIC 1.1.11 A.a.ch (2) 1.11.1 A.ch.a (7) 11.1.1 ch.a.a (W2 ) 1.111 a.ggressive 111.1 rhizopod.a 2.2.22 b.aa.rd 2.22.2 b.eq.aa (Pull ) 22.2.2 go.b.b 2.222 b.rachybiostemonous (DBS ) 3.3.33 c.ab.ul 3.33.3 c.ardia.c 33.3.3 sma.cc 4.4.44 ca.d.ets 4.44.4 d.elve.d 44.4.4 ste.d.d 5.5.55 ad.e.noidal 5.55.5 e.xcis.e 55.5.5 rup.e.e 6.6.66 f.ea.tily 6.66.6 f.lagstaf.f 66.6.6 squi.f.f 7.7.77 fa.g.oters 7.77.7 be.nefitin.g 77.7.7 Heerbru.g.g (40) 8.8.88 ec.h.ographer 8.88.8 h.andsbreadt.h 88.8.8 Weust.h.ag (26) 9.9.99 de.i.onisers 9.99.9 i.mmobiliz.ed 99.9.9 sulphin.i.de PALINDROMIC COMBINATION CHARADES 1.2.21 A.b.u (W2 ) 1.22.1 a.dacn.a (TF ) 12.2.1 Ci.b.a 122.1 chromophobi.a 1.221 a.

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Copepod and rhizopod densities showed no major differences between the two species.

Prey composition in the carnivorous plants Utricularia inflata and U. gibba (Lentibulariaceae) from Paria Peninsula, Venezuela

Species of the genus Cochliopodium are rhizopod amoeba with one or more pseudopodia and without a firm shell (Patterson & Hedley, 1992).

Freshwater scaled heterotrophic protistans from four Gulf States, including descriptions of two new species

However, marine fossils (rhizopod assemblages) found in the lowermost clay units indicate the possibility of a marginal marine environment.