pseu·do·pod 
(sdə-pŏd′)
(sdə-pŏd′)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.
pseu·dopo·dal (-dŏpə-dl), pseu′do·podi·al (-pōdē-əl) adj.