pseudopod

[ soo-duh-pod ]

/ ˈsu dəˌpɒd /

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noun Biology.

a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.

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Also called pseudopodium.

Origin of pseudopod

1870–75; <New Latin pseudopodium;see pseudo-, -podium

OTHER WORDS FROM pseudopod

pseu·dop·o·dal

[soo-dop-uh-dl], /suˈdɒp ə dl/, pseu·do·po·di·al

[soo-duh-poh-dee-uhl], /ˌsu dəˈpoʊ di əl/, pseu·do·pod·ic, adjective

Words nearby pseudopod

pseudonymous, pseudoparalysis, pseudoparenchyma, pseudoperipteral, pseudophone, pseudopod, pseudopodium, pseudopregnancy, pseudoprostyle, pseudorabies, pseudorandom

How to use pseudopod in a sentence

He lifted a pseudopod from primordial ooze, and the pseudopod was him.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
It continued to move outward, and on the map it appeared like a pseudopod extruded by an enormous amoeba.
Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Then a surge ran through the mound of flesh, and the arm, a pseudopod, reached more rapidly for him.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|Various
Every capillary in the brain has thousands of these little pseudopod prolongations.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh

The pseudopod returned to the main mass, disappearing into its interior with the strip of bloody skin.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930|Various

Scientific definitions for pseudopod

pseudopod

[ sōō′də-pŏd′ ]

Plural pseudopods pseudopodia

A temporary footlike extension of a one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, used for moving about and for surrounding and taking in food.