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Rhizopoda

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Rhizopoda /Rhi·zop·o·da/ (ri-zop´ah-dah) a superclass of protozoa of the subphylum Sarcodina, comprising the amebae.
Rhizopoda [ri-zop´ah-dah]
a superclass of protozoa comprising the amebae, which move about and acquire food by means of pseudopodia or by protoplasmic flow without production of discrete pseudopodia. The majority are free-living in soil or water, but some are parasitic and pathogenic in humans.

Rhizopoda
a class of protozoa of the subphylum Sarcodina, having pseudopodia, and including the amebae.


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