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pseudopods

pseudopods is the plural of 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

Questions about pseudopods

What is pseudopods the plural of?
Pseudopods is the plural of pseudopod.

Words near pseudopods in the dictionary

  1. pseudopodia
  2. pseudopodial
  3. pseudopodian
  4. pseudopodic
  5. pseudopodium
  6. pseudopods
  7. pseudopoetic
  8. pseudopoetical
  9. pseudopolitical
  10. pseudopolyanion
  11. pseudopolyanions

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