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