Pronunciation: | | `syoodow'powdeeum
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion |
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| Synonyms: | | pseudopod |
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| See Also: | | appendage, outgrowth, process |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Pseu`do*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Pseudopodia}. [NL.]
Same as {Pseudopod}.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | The protrusion of an amoeboid cell formed by the extrusion or streaming of the cytoplasm (but still enclosed in the membrane) for the purpose of movement or feeding. |
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