Definition of Rhizopods

1. Noun. (plural of rhizopod) ¹

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Definition of Rhizopods

1. rhizopod [n] - See also: rhizopod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizopods

rhizopathy
rhizophaga
rhizophagous
rhizophagy
rhizophora
rhizophore
rhizophorous
rhizopi
rhizoplane
rhizoplanes
rhizoplast
rhizopod
rhizopoda
rhizopodan
rhizopodous
rhizopods (current term)
rhizopterin
rhizopus
rhizopuses
rhizosphere
rhizospheres
rhizospheric
rhizostomata
rhizostome
rhizostomes
rhizotaxis
rhizotomies
rhizotomist
rhizotomists
rhizotomy

Literary usage of Rhizopods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aquatic Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1918)
"The Amoeba, and those rhizopods nearest to it in structure, are formed of naked protoplasm; they are simply a drop of colorless, living jelly. ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1902)
"A closer examination of these rocks shows that some rhizopods also are ... The presence of the rhizopods corroborates the view that the Pella beds were laid ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"ON THE ROLE OF ACID IN THE DIGESTION OF CERTAIN rhizopods. BY JOHN C. HEMMETER, MD,1 In the " Annales de 1'Institut Pasteur," for 1890 and 1891, ..."

4. A Contribution to American Thalassography: Three Cruises of the United by Alexander Agassiz, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1888)
"... rhizopods have been found, thousands of undiscovered minute protozoans which have no solid tests. On account of the difficulty of examining on the spot ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"S. Observations on freshwater rhizopods, with some remarks on their classification. London, J. Linn. Soc. Zool., 29, 1003, (108-117, pi. ..."

6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"Multiplication of rhizopods. Professor Leidy has successfully observed the mode of multiplication of the test-covered rhizopods,which is analogous to ..."

7. A Contribution to American Thalassography: Three Cruises of the United by Alexander Agassiz, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1888)
"rhizopods. THERE must be, all over the bottom on which ... rhizopods have been found, thousands of undiscovered minute protozoans which have no solid tests. ..."

8. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"... Comet Near Approach of Comets to the Earth BIOLOGICAL NOTES:— The Challenger rhizopods . ... rhizopods ..."

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