sarcodinian

[sahr-kuh-din-ee-uhn]

sar·co·din·i·an

[sahr-kuh-din-ee-uhn]
adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
noun
2.
Also called sar·co·dine [sahr-kuh-dahyn, -deen] . a sarcodinian protozoan.

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Sarcodinian has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

Origin:
< Neo-Latin Sarcodin(a) name of the class (Greek sarkṓd(ēs) fleshy + Neo-Latin -ina neuter plural suffix) + -ian
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sarcodinian sar·co·din·i·an (sär'kə-dĭn'ē-ən)
adj.
Of or belonging to the superclass Sarcodina.

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