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filopodium, n. Zool.|faɪləʊˈpəʊdɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[a. G. Filopodium (A. Lang, in Lehrbuch der vergl. Anat. d. wirbellosen Thiere (ed. 2, 1901) II. ix. 108), f. L. fīlum thread: see podium n.]
A thread-like pseudopodium.
1926G. N. Calkins Biol. Protozoa iii. 143 Filopodia are..formed of clear hyaline ectoplasm in typical cases... They are usually long and slender... They creep along the substratum where they serve mainly for food capture. 1973Nature 13 July 93/2 On the growth cone, for example, there are numerous filopodia which extend for 10µm or more. 1987P. R. Gordon-Weeks in Turner & Bachelard Neurochem. i. 15 (caption) The inset shows a high power view of an individual growth cone bearing a filopodium.
Hence filoˈpodial a.
1973Marine Biol. XXI. 158/1 The filopodial baskets correspond in size to the substratum chips they embrace. 1988R. S. K. Barnes et al. Invertebrates xv. 455 (caption) Gastrulation in a sea urchin... (iv) Filopodial contacts by secondary mesenchyme. |