English Explanatory Dictionary

rhizopod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda, being a type of amoeboid single-cell life with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.

Word forms

rhizopod rhizopods

Etymology

From rhizo- + -pod.

Related words

rhizopodial rhizopodist

Derived words

rhizopodous
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