pseudopodium
Americannoun
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pseudopodia
plural
noun
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Origin of pseudopodium
First recorded in 1850–55
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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
We keep looking for contact, a trigger in the pseudopodium.
From Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick
When the time comes that they want to do so they will throw out a little mental pseudopodium without much difficulty.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
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a pseudopodium, appears; into this the whole animal may flow and thus advance a step, or the projection may be withdrawn.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 John Mason Tyler
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
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
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
Foram pseudopodia extend through the pores and allow the forams to move, feed, and gather additional building materials.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The pseudopodia are very fine, reticulate, granular, and sharply pointed, and form a loose network outside of the shell opening.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
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