catallacta Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cat`al*lac"ta noun

Etymology

NL., fr. Gr. . See Catallactics.

Wordforms

plural

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphæra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.