actinopod

Definitions of actinopod
  1. noun
    protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
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    types:
    heliozoan
    protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
    radiolarian
    protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
    type of:
    sarcodine, sarcodinian
    protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
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