Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of rhizopods; unicellular organisms in general; those Protozoa, Protista, or Plastidizoa the organization of which has the morphological valence of a simple cell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.
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Nam cum cerebri sit propago qusedam facies, ad quam sensuum omnium organa deflectant, quo in loco animse viHus divinas suas vires exerat, quid inconveni - entius fuisset, & protoplasta indignius, quam membra ilia pecuina et abjecta, cum partibus adeo nobilibus et divinis confundere?
Illustrations of Sterne: with other essays and verses Ferriar, John, 1761-1815 1812
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