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important characteristics of pseudopods

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a pseudopod is an organism with a "false foot," such as an amoeba, so pseudopodia is an organism with this characteristic. pseudopodia means the extended part of the ameoba EG: if the food is placed from a distance the ameoba extends its body part as it has no leg and surroundds or traps the food then brings the food towards itself therefore( the extended part of the body) or the false leg is called as the pseudopodia Pseudopodia are extensions that may bulge from a cell's surface. Pseudopodia is also known as "false foot" from the composition of the word pseudo (meaning false), and pod ( foot).

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