'Rhizopoda' definitions:
Definition of 'Rhizopoda'
From: WordNet
noun
Creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers [syn: Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda]
Definition of 'Rhizopoda'
From: GCIDE
- Rhizopoda \Rhi*zop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a root + -poda.] (Zool.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am[oe]bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa. [1913 Webster]