pseudopod

pseu·do·pod  (sd-pd)

n.

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

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pseu·dopo·dal (-dp-dl), pseudo·podi·al (-pd-l) adj.

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pseudopod (sd-pd) also pseudopodium  (sd-pd-m)

Plural pseudopods or pseudopodia

A temporary footlike extension of a one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, used for moving about and for surrounding and taking in food.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pseudopod - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion pseudopodium appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"