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]