Mastigopoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mastigopoda \Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
     ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
     Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now
     distinguished from that group, which has been reordered. See
     {Mastigophora}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]