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Definition of: pseudopodium
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′də·pō′dē·əm) noun plural ·di·a (-dē·ə)
1. Zool. A process formed by the temporary extension of the protoplasm of a cell or of a unicellular animal, serving for taking in food, for locomotion, etc.
2. Bot. A false pedicel in certain mosses. Also pseu′do·pode (-pōd). [<NL <Gk. pseudēs false + podion. See PODIUM.]
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