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pseudopodia

pseudopodia is the plural of pseudopodium.

pseudopodia is the plural of pseudopod.

Meaning of pseudopodium

Noun

pseudopodium (plural pseudopodia)

  1. pseudopod

Meaning of pseudopod

Noun

pseudopod (plural pseudopods or pseudopodia)

  1. A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.
  2. A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae.
  3. (broadly) An extension or projection from something.
    • 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

Words formed from pseudopodia

Questions about pseudopodia

What is pseudopodia the plural of?
Pseudopodia is the plural of pseudopodium.

Words near pseudopodia in the dictionary

  1. pseudopocket
  2. pseudopockets
  3. pseudopod
  4. pseudopodal
  5. pseudopodetial
  6. pseudopodia
  7. pseudopodial
  8. pseudopodian
  9. pseudopodic
  10. pseudopodium
  11. pseudopods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudopodia (page history and authors); pseudopodium (page history and authors); pseudopod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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