Rhizopoda

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Rhizopoda

1. (archaic) A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Sarcodina – amoeboid single-celled organisms with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.

References

• Amoeba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhizopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies