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Originally Posted by garinda
Are 'pseudopods' the same as wheels?
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pseuˇdoˇpod (sd-pd)
n.
A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells or of certain unicellular organisms, especially amoebas, that serves in locomotion and phagocytosis.
I don't know about that, because, as a certain deluded pensioner from Darwen seems to think, I'm a bit lacking in brain cells. What he (and the above definition) doesn't know, is that the correct plural of amoeba is amoebae, not amoebas, which happens to be an Americanism.
Doesn't that august and factual journal 'Private Eye' have a column entitled 'pseuds corner'? They'll surely know about pseudopods.
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