rhizopod (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *rhizopod*:
NOUN	animal	rhizopod, rhizopodan	protozoa characterized by a pseudopod

English > *rhizopod*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	protozoa characterized by a pseudopod.
Synonym	rhizopodan
Member of	Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda	Creeping protozoans
Narrower	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
Broader	protozoan, protozoon	Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
Spanish	rhizopodan, rhizopod, rizópodo
Catalan	rizòpode

HyperDic: rhizopod