The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mastigopoda
Mastigopoda \Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now distinguished from that group, which has been reordered. See Mastigophora.