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Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes.

One of the Rhizopoda.

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 Amoebea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.

Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.

A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo, sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.] Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being o…

See Sapodilla.

An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the Largest Known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.

like Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.

A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.

Divination by means of ashes.

Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. C. Kingsley.

A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite.

One of the Steganopodes.

A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.

Having all four toes webbed together.

Same as Gymnolæmata.

One of the Stomapoda.