pseudopod

From pseudo- +‎ -pod.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.də(ʊ)ˌpɒd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.dəˌpɑd/
• Hyphenation: pseu‧do‧pod

pseudopod (plural pseudopods or pseudopodia)

1. (cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. [from 19th c.]
2. (zoology) A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae. [from 19th c.]
3. (by extension) An extension or projection from something. [from 20th c.]
   • 1937, Henry Kuttner, The Salem Horror:

     A pseudopod of blackness elongated itself from the central mass and like a great tentacle clutched the corpse-like being, dragged it back to the pit and over the brink.

• pseudopodium

• pseudopodal
• pseudopodic

Borrowed from French pseudopode.

pseudopod n (plural pseudopode)

1. pseudopod