Pseudopod

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, especially amoebas, that serves in locomotion and phagocytosis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.
  • n. A rhizopod.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A member of the Pseudopoda, as an amœba; any protozoan which is provided with pseudopodia, or has the power of protruding diversiform parts of its sarcode in the form of pseudopodia. serving as temporary organs of locomotion; a rhizopod; a myxopod.
  • n. A pseudopodium.
  • n. In entomology, any one of the structures which function as feet in many insect larvæ, as spines, thickenings, or other modifications of the integument.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    process    appendage    outgrowth   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rhizopod    pseudopodium   
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