myxopod (miksopod)

and a. [NL. myxo pus = ( -pod- ), μύξα , mucus, + πούς (ποδ-) foot .] I. n. A protozoan animal po e ing pseudopodia, as pod, one which has cilia or flagella; one of the distinguished from a mastigo Myxopoda . See cut under Pro to myха . II. a . Same as myxopodous . chiefly black and red, with or without yellow on the under parts, and that of the females is generally plain olive above. M. cardinal is is known as the cardinal honey-eater; M. san gui nole at a as the sanguineous or cochineal creeper; the former inhabits New He brides, the latter Australia.