rhizoflagellata

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. An order of flagellate Infusoria, having pseudopodial as well as flagelliform appendages.
2. These animalcules move by means of pseudopodia, like ordinary rhizopods, but also have a flagellum or flagella; the ingestive area is diffuse. In W. S. Kent's system of classification the order consists of the genera Mastigamæba, Reptomonas, Rhizomonas, and Podostoma.