pseudopodia
- plural of pseudopodium.
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However, there were variations in cell size and pseudopodia shape among the isolates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
Phagocytosis allows amoebae to move and pseudopodia help in the uptake of nutrients.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Foram pseudopodia extend through the pores and allow the forams to move, feed, and gather additional building materials.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Still others form cytoplasmic extensions called pseudopodia anywhere on the cell, anchor the pseudopodia to a substrate, and pull themselves forward in an “oozing” movement: these are typically amoeba.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The former of these consists, at one stage of its existence, of a small globular mass of protoplasm, from the whole periphery of which a multitude of fine pseudopodia radiate.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
