pseu·do·po·di·um
n, pl -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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