Rhizopodea
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Rhizopodea
[‚rī·zə′pō·dē·ə] (invertebrate zoology)
A class of the protozoan superclass Sarcodina in which pseudopodia may be filopodia, lobopodia, or reticulopodia, or may be absent.
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