pseudopodium

American  

[soo-duh-poh-dee-uhm] / ˌsu dəˈpoʊ di əm /

noun

Biology.

plural

pseudopodia

1. pseudopod.

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pseudopodium British  

/ ˌsjuːdəʊˈpəʊdɪəm /

noun

1. a temporary projection from the cell of an amoeboid protozoan, leucocyte, etc, used for feeding and locomotion

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Etymology

Origin of pseudopodium

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Still others send out lobe-like pseudopodia from anywhere on the cell, anchor the pseudopodium to a substrate, and pull the rest of the cell toward the anchor point.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Reproduction takes place by fission, or by a single pseudopodium detaching itself from the parent body and developing into a separate amœba.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

The upper portion of the archegonial wall is carried up as a calyptra on the sporogonium, which, as in Sphagnum, has no seta and is raised on a pseudopodium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

We keep looking for contact, a trigger in the pseudopodium.

From Mr. Spaceship by Dick, Philip K.

A little projection of the outer, clearer layer of protoplasm, a pseudopodium, appears; into this the whole animal may flow and thus advance a step, or the projection may be withdrawn.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason