pseudopodium
Americannoun
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
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a pseudopodium, appears; into this the whole animal may flow and thus advance a step, or the projection may be withdrawn.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
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 Butler, Samuel
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