rhizopod

Other forms: rhizopods

Definitions of rhizopod

1. noun

   protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
   synonyms: rhizopodan

   types:

   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

   endameba

   any ameba of the genus Endamoeba

   globigerina

   marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes

   nummulite

   large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

   type of:

   protozoan, protozoon

   any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic