sarcodinian

Definitions of sarcodinian

1. noun

   protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
   synonyms: sarcodine

   types:

   actinopod

   protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods

   heliozoan

   protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods

   radiolarian

   protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods

   type of:

   protozoan, protozoon

   any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic