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PSEUDOPODIUM (pseudopodia)
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Irregular inflected form: pseudopodia
Dictionary entry overview: What does pseudopodium mean?
• PSEUDOPODIUM (noun)
The noun PSEUDOPODIUM has 1 sense:
1. temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
Familiarity information: PSEUDOPODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
pseudopod; pseudopodium
Hypernyms ("pseudopodium" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
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