RHIZOPODAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhizopodan mean? 

• RHIZOPODAN (noun)
  The noun RHIZOPODAN has 1 sense:

1. protozoa characterized by a pseudopod

  Familiarity information: RHIZOPODAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHIZOPODAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rhizopod; rhizopodan

Hypernyms ("rhizopodan" is a kind of...):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhizopodan"):

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)

Holonyms ("rhizopodan" is a member of...):

Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)