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

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

The amoeba shrinks into itself at a touch, withdraws the pseudopodium that is roughly handled, or makes its way round the small object which will serve it as food.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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

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a pseudopodium, appears; into this the whole animal may flow and thus advance a step, or the projection may be withdrawn.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