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rhizopod

rhi.zo.pod \'ri--z*-.pa:d\ \ri--'za:p-*d-*l\ \-*d-*s\ n [deriv. of Gk rhiza 
   + pod-, pous foot - more at FOOT] : any of a subclass (Rhizopoda) of usu. 
   creeping protozoans having lobate  or rootlike pseudopods and including the 
   typical amoebas, foraminifers, and related forms - rhi.zop.o.dal aj