lobopodium
/ˌləʊbə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm
/noun (plural lobopodia /ˌləʊbə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪə/) Zoology
1A blunt limb or organ resembling a limb, in particular:
1.1The primitive leg of an onychophoran.
1.2A lobe-like pseudopodium in an amoeba.Pseudopodia are root-like reticulopodia, filopodia and/or axopodia - not broad lobopodia as in Amoeba.
Derivatives
lobopodial
Origin
Early 20th century: from modern Latin lobosus 'having many lobes, large lobed' + podium.
- do someone no favours
- do someone (or oneself) a mischief
- do someone out of
- do someone over
- do someone proud
- do someone's head in
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- do someone to death
- do someone up
- do someone wrong
- do something for one's country (or England etc.)
- do something in
- do something (or nothing) for
- do something out
- do something over
- do something to death
- do something until (or till) one is blue in the face
- do something up
- Dos Passos, John
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