SARCODINIAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods

Synonyms:

sarcodine; sarcodinian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sarcodinian" is a kind of...):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sarcodinian"):

actinopod (protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods)

Holonyms ("sarcodinian" is a member of...):

class Sarcodina; Sarcodina (characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda)