amoeboid movement


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amoeboid movement

movement by means of PSEUDOPODIA, a pseudopod being a projection of the surface of a cell caused by alternate formation of SOL and GEL protoplasm in the region of the temporarily formed ‘false foot’. See AMOEBA.
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