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pseu·do·po·di·um

npl  -dia   1  :  a temporary protrusion or retractile process of the cytoplasm of a cell (as a unicellular organism or a white blood cell of a higher organism) that functions esp. as an organ of locomotion or in taking up food  2  :  one of the ameboid protrusions of the active plasmodium of a slime mold .
 
 

 
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