noun
pl. -·dia a thin, narrow pseudopodium consisting primarily of ectoplasm
Origin of filopodium
Modern Latin from Classical Latin filum, thread (see file) + -podiumfilopodium
filo·po·diumWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural filopodia)
- (cytology) A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
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