A projection serving as a foot. Literally, a false foot.
A transient protrusion or retractile process associated with cell movement and feeding.
(soo´ do pod) [Gr. pseudes: false + podos: foot] • A temporary, soft extension of the cell body that is used in location, attachment to surfaces, or engulfing particles.
temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
a foot that reaches out like a hand
a temporary projection of the eytoplasm of certain cells
a thing that looks like a foot, but isn't one
a thing that looks like a foot, but isnUt one
su-doe-pod The portion of an amoeba that extends outward, moving the organism. 459, 692
(SOO-do-pohd) A streaming extension of plasma membrane-bound cytoplasm from a mobile cell.
A temporary cytoplasmic protrusion from an ameobid cell which functions in locomotion or in feeding by phagocytosis.
Non permanent project of the cytoplasm of a cell
Pseudopods or pseudopodia (false feet) are temporary projections of eukaryotic cells. Cells having this faculty are generally referred to as amoeboids.
