As the term suggests, pseudo means false and podia means feet. They are the false feet seen in amoeba and other organisms to provide locomotion and nutrition. The functions of pseudopodia include locomotion and ingestion. Pseudopodia are critical in sensing targets which can then be engulfed; the engulfing pseudopodia are called phagocytosis pseudopodia. They are also essential to amoeboid-like locomotion.