Dictionary entry

Catallacta

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Cat′al‐lac″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. �. See Catallactics.] (Zoöl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphæra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.