'Mastigopoda' definitions:

Definition of 'Mastigopoda'

From: GCIDE

Mastigopoda \Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.) Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now distinguished from that group, which has been reordered. See Mastigophora. [1913 Webster +PJC]