Rhizopoda
noun plural
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Medical Definition of Rhizopoda
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a subclass of the class or subphylum Sarcodina comprising usually creeping protozoans (as an amoeba or a foraminifer) having lobate or rootlike pseudopodia
Rhizopoda
noun pluralMedical Definition of Rhizopoda (Entry 2 of 2)
taxonomic synonym of sarcodina
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