pseudopod

From pseudo- +‎ -pod.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːdə(ʊ)pɒd/

pseudopod (plural pseudopods or pseudopodia)

1. (cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. [from 19th c.]
2. (zoology) A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae. [from 19th c.]
3. By extension, an extension or projection from something. [from 20th c.]
   • 1937, Henry Kuttner, ‘The Salem Horror’:

     A pseudopod of blackness elongated itself from the central mass and like a great tentacle clutched the corpse-like being, dragged it back to the pit and over the brink.

• pseudopodium