Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A protozoan animal possessing pseudopodia, as distinguished from a mastigopod, one which has cilia or flagella; one of the Myxopoda. See cut under
Protomyxa . - Same as
myxopodous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
rhizopod ormoneran .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek μύξα (muksa, "mucus, slime") + -pod.
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