PROTOPLAST
Pro"to*plast, n. Etym: [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr.
1. The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species. A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of the same protoplast, or of the same pair of protoplasts. Latham.
PROTOPLASTA
Pro`to*plas"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
PROTOPLASTIC
Pro`to*plas"tic, a.
Defn: First-formed. Howell.
PROTOPODITE
Pro*top"o*dite, n. Etym: [Proto- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.