noun
protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
• Hypernyms: ↑sarcodinian, ↑sarcodine
• Hyponyms: ↑heliozoan, ↑radiolarian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Actinopoda, ↑subclass Actinopoda
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\\akˈtinəˌpäd\ noun (-s)Etymology: New Latin Actinopoda
: a protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda
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/ak tin"euh pod', ak"teuh neuh/, n.
any protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda, including the heliozoans and radiolarians, having stiff, rodlike, radiating pseudopodia.
[ < NL Actinopoda; see ACTINO-, -POD]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.