pseudopodium

[ soo-duh-poh-dee-uhm ]

noun,plural pseu·do·po·di·a [soo-duh-poh-dee-uh]. /ˌsu dəˈpoʊ di ə/. Biology.

Origin of pseudopodium

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby pseudopodium

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How to use pseudopodium in a sentence

  • When the time comes that they want to do so they will throw out a little mental pseudopodium without much difficulty.

British Dictionary definitions for pseudopodium

pseudopodium

/ (ˌsjuːdəʊˈpəʊdɪəm) /


nounplural -dia (-dɪə)
  1. a temporary projection from the cell of an amoeboid protozoan, leucocyte, etc, used for feeding and locomotion

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