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- noun Plural form of
rhizopod .
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Examples
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And geology tells us that some of the lowest forms, as the infusoria and rhizopods, have remained for an enormous period in nearly their present state.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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And geology tells us that some of the lowest forms, as the infusoria and rhizopods, have remained for an enormous period in nearly their present state.
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The number of species of _Cothurnia_ has become so great that the difficulty in placing forms is almost sufficient to discourage the systematist; as Bütschli well remarks, the variations in the theca have been made the basis of new species so many times that the genus is almost as confused as _Difflugia_ among the rhizopods or
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Marine rhizopods, globular or irregular in form, and slow to change shape.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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# -- This reaction under stimulus is seen even in the lowest organisms; in some of the amoeboid rhizopods, for instance.
Response in the Living and Non-Living Jagadis Chandra Bose 1897
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The beetling chalk cliffs of England were built by rhizopods, too small to be clearly seen without the aid of a magnifying-glass.
Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Orison Swett Marden 1887
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The beetling chalk cliffs of England were built by rhizopods, too small to be clearly seen without the aid of a magnifying-glass.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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_ -- There can be no doubt but that the rhizopods observed by Carter displayed memory of locality.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Some time ago, while examining the inhabitants of a drop of pond water under a high-power lens, I noticed several rhizopods busily feeding on the minute buds of an alga.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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It likewise sank to the bottom, and, after examining the rhizopods, swam away, evidently regarding them as dead and unfit for food.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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