(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:19:01

Pro`to*plas"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] Zool.

A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.

 

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