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a pseudopodium, appears; into this the whole animal may flow and thus advance a step, or the projection may be withdrawn.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