\Re*tic`u*la"ri*a\, n.pl. [NL. See {Reticular}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.