MYXOPOD
\mˈa͡ɪksəpˌɒd], \mˈaɪksəpˌɒd], \m_ˈaɪ_k_s_ə_p_ˌɒ_d]\
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By Noah Webster.
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mik'so-pod, n. and adj. a protozoan animal having pseudopodia, as distinguished from a mastigopod, which has cilia or flagella.--n.pl. MYXOP'ODA, protozoans whose locomotive appendages are pseudopodia--the same as Rhizopoda.--adj. MYXOP'ODOUS. [Gr. myxa, mucus, pous, podos, a foot.]
By Thomas Davidson