Protoplasta

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

  Protoplasta \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.
     [1913 Webster]