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Pseudopod Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix pseudo-

Pseudopod has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion

2

A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.

See Also
cytoplasm amoeba organism pseudopodial subpseudopod locomotion unicellular cell
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Rhyming Words
pod apod spod ipod dipod bipod repod uropod peapod isopod waxpod azipod tripod epipod unipod axopod exopod pea pod nanopod pinopod
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