pseudopodialadj.
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəl/, U.S. /ˌsudoʊˈpoʊdiəl/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a pseudopodium.
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1856 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 555 The pseudopodial prolongations issuing from the marginal orifices, probably first coalesce.
1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (1883) 135 Nucleated corpuscles..which throw out very long pseudopodial prolongations.
1951 New Biol. 10 17 When the plasmasol reaches the tip of the pseudopodium we can imagine it gelating to form new pseudopodial wall.
2000 Micropaleontology 46 160/1 The diatoms enable these forms to be competent in the supply of nutrients without pseudopodial activity in food-gathering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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