Dictionary entry

Reticularia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Re‐tic′u‐la″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Reticular.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.