pseudopodaladj.
/ˌs(j)uːdəˈpəʊdl/, /s(j)uːˈdɒpədl/, U.S. /ˌsudəˈpoʊd(ə)l/, /suˈdɑpəd(ə)l/ Biology.† 2. Having pseudopodia; belonging to the former division Pseudopoda. Cf. pseudopod n.2 Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1. = pseudopodial adj.
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1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 236 Monas obesa... Body elongate..the periphery usually produced at variable points into one or more..pseudopodal prolongations.
1958 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 148 335 The pseudopodal activity and the protoplasmic movements stop.
1977 Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol. 44 745 Pseudopodal or microvillous cytoplasmic projections were present.
1995 BioScience 45 258/1 At dawn, the algae emerge from the shell in pseudopodal streams and create a photosynthetic halo around their host. In the evening, they are withdrawn into the foraminifera.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudopodal, provided with pseudopods..; of or pertaining to the Pseudopoda; rhizopod; myxopod.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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