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Rhizopod

noun
1.
Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod.  Synonym: rhizopodan.



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Rhizopoda
subclass Rhizopoda


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"Rhizopod" Quotes from Famous Books



... south-west of England, near Bristol, limestones having a distinct oolitic structure alternate with shales. In these rocks the nucleus of every minute spherule is seen, under the microscope, to consist of a small rhizopod or foraminifer. This division of the lower animals, which is represented so fully at later epochs by the Nummulites and their numerous minute allies, appears in the Mountain Limestone to be restricted to ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell
... each one a tiny shell or shield, not made of lime like the rhizopod-shells, but of flint. Some think that common flint may be formed ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various


Words linked to "Rhizopod" :   testacean, Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda, rhizopodan, protozoan, foram, foraminifer, amoeba, ameba, protozoon


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