What's the difference between rhizopod and rhizopoda?
Rhizopod
Definition:
(n.) One of the Rhizopoda.
Example Sentences:
(1) All representatives of the broad chromophyte assemblage were positive while all rhizopods were negative.
Rhizopoda
Definition:
(n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.
Example Sentences:
(1) B. galli is assigned to the kingdom Protista, type Rhizopoda, class Lobosea, subclass Gymnamoebia, order Blastocystida.
(2) After treatment of cells of the foraminifer Allogromia laticollaris Arnold (protozoa, rhizopoda) with the volatile anesthetic halothane in concentrations of more than 1 mM no cytoplasmic microtubules are demonstrable.
(3) Entamoeba gingivalis belongs to the Rhizopoda class, together with E. dysenteriae, and E. coli, but, in contrast with these strains it does not have resistance forms (cysts).