n., pl., -po·di·a (-pō'dē-ə).
A pseudopod.
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pseudopodium
American Heritage Dictionary:
pseu·do·po·di·um |
n., pl., -po·di·a (-pō'dē-ə).
A pseudopod.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
pseu·do·po·di·um |
(sū'də-pō'dē-əm)
n., pl. -po·di·a (-pō'dē-ə).
n., pl. -po·di·a (-pō'dē-ə).
A pseudopod.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
pseudopodium |
(pl. pseudopodia)
a temporary protrusion or retractile process of a cell, associated with flowing movements of the protoplasm and serving for locomotion and feeding.
—pseudopodial adj.
a temporary protrusion or retractile process of a cell, associated with flowing movements of the protoplasm and serving for locomotion and feeding.
—pseudopodial adj.
| pseudoisoenzyme, pseudointron, pseudoglobulin | |
| pseudouridine, pseudouridine synthase, pseudoxanthoma elasticum |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
pseudopodium |
A temporary protrusion of the cytoplasm of an ameba or other motile simple cell, serving for purposes of locomotion or to engulf food.
Related topics:
 | reticulopodium |
| rhizopod (invertebrate zoology) |
| rhizopodium |
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