sarcodinian

sarcodinian
/sahr'keuh din"ee euhn/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
n.
2. Also called sarcodine /sahr"keuh duyn', -deen'/. a sarcodinian protozoan.
[ < NL Sarcodin(a) name of the class (Gk sarkód(es) fleshy + NL -ina neut. pl. suffix) + -IAN]

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