pseudopod
Pronunciation
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.035
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈsuːdə(ʊ)pɒd/
pseudopod (plural pseudopods)
- (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.]
- (zoology) A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae. [from 19th c.]
- 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.
- 1937, Henry Kuttner, ‘The Salem Horror’:
- French: pseudopode
- Spanish: seudópodo
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.035