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rhizopod


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhizopod  \Rhiz"o*pod\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  One  of  the  Rhizopoda. 
 
  Note:  The  rhizopods  belonging  to  the  Radiolaria  and 
  Foraminifera  have  been  of  great  geological  importance, 
  especially  in  the  Cretaceous  and  Tertiary  periods. 
  Chalk  is  mostly  made  from  the  shells  of  Foraminifera. 
  The  nummulites  are  the  principal  ingredient  of  a 
  limestone  which  is  of  great  extent  in  Europe  and  Asia, 
  and  is  the  material  of  which  some  of  the  pyramids  of 
  Egypt  are  made  The  shells  are  abundant  in  deepsea  mud, 
  and  are  mostly  minute,  seldom  larger  than  a  small  grain 
  of  sand,  except  in  the  case  of  the  nummulities,  which 
  are  sometimes  an  inch  in  diameter. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rhizopod 
  n  :  protozoa  characterized  by  a  pseudopod  [syn:  {rhizopodan}] 




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