† myxopodn.adj.
Biology. Obsolete. rare.
A. n.
T. H. Huxley's name for: a protozoan possessing pseudopodia, as distinguished from one possessing cilia or flagella.
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myxopod1875
1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 50/1 In one state, each of these Monera is a myxopod, that is, is provided with longer or shorter pseudopodia as locomotive organs.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 81 After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.
B. adj.
Characterized by the possession of pseudopodia.
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 79 After a while, the contents of the silicious cases emerge, and pass at once into the myxopod state.
1898 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 29 Forms which pass through both the myxopod and mastigopod condition.
Derivatives
myxopodous adj. rare = sense B.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Myxopodous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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