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pseudopod

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae.
  3. noun An extension or projection from something.

Similar words

pseudopodium subpseudopod subpseudopodium amoeba axopod filapodium pseudoplasmodium filipodium acanthopodium rhizopod

Often followed by

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Word family

pseudopodal pseudopodial pseudopods

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