ˌsüdəˈpōdēəm noun
( plural pseudopo·dia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + -podium
1.
a. : a temporary protrusion or retractile process of the protoplasm of a cell (as a unicellular organism or a leukocyte of a higher organism) often having a fairly definite filamentous form, sometimes fusing with others to form a network, and serving especially as an organ of locomotion or for taking up food — see axopodium , filopodium , lobopodium , myxopodium
b. : one of the amoeboid protrusions of an active myxomycete plasmodium
2. : a slender leafless branch of the gametophyte in various mosses that often bears gemmae
3. : the foot of a rotifer