pseudopod in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ '(p)sju:dəpɔd ] ]
Examples
- They have rings of tubercles ( warty outgrowths ) known as pseudopods around the segments, and also bands of short setae ( bristles ).
- Amoeba proteus ), or a single pseudopod may form on the surface of the body ( " monopodial ", e . g.
- Axopodia are the phagocytosis type with long, thin pseudopods supported by complex microtubule arrays enveloped with cytoplasm, and they respond rapidly to physical contact.
- PseudoPod won the 2014 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story : Small Cast ( Short Form ) for " Growth Spurt " by Paul Lorello.
- The mimic has a powerful adhesive that holds fast to creatures who touch the creature, allowing the mimic to beat the creature with its powerful pseudopods.
- It lies in wait and extends its pseudopods outside its shell to capture prey, primarily plankton, that get trapped on the spicules of its shell.
- Protozoa are single-celled microbes that can develop exotic shapes and accessories : amoebas with crawling pseudopods, ciliates bristling with hairs and flagellates sporting wavy antennae.
- Locomotion in nematodes occurs by localized extension of the leading edge of the pseudopod, attachment of the cytoskeleton to the substrate, and retraction of the cell.
- Ubbo-Sathla is said to have spawned the prototypes of all forms of life on Earth; though whatever its pseudopods touch is forever devoid of life.
- To create this mesh in the laboratory Dr . Parenteau devised a proprietary method of inducing fibroblasts to " walk " across the collagen using their tiny pseudopods.