pseudopod
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Etymology edit
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Hyphenation: pseu‧do‧pod
Noun edit
pseudopod (plural pseudopods or pseudopodia)
- (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.
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temporary projection
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pseudopode.
Noun edit
pseudopod n (plural pseudopode)
Declension edit
Declension of pseudopod
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pseudopod | pseudopodul | (niște) pseudopode | pseudopodele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pseudopod | pseudopodului | (unor) pseudopode | pseudopodelor |
vocative | pseudopodule | pseudopodelor |