PSEUDOPOD


Meaning of PSEUDOPOD in English

ˈsüdəˌpäd noun

also pseu·do·pode -pōd

Etymology: in sense 1, from New Latin pseudopodium; in other senses, from pseud- + -pod, -pode

1. also pseudopode : pseudopodium

2. : a supposed or apparent psychic projection (as from a medium's body)

3. : something resembling a pseudopodium: as

a. : a slender extension from the edge of a wheal at the site of injection of an allergen

b. : one of the slender processes of some tumor cells extending out from the main mass of a tumor

4. : the paired unsegmented abdominal legs of caterpillars and sawfly larvae

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