Amoeba use _____________ to ingest food by a method known as phagocytosis.

Pseudopodia

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Pseudopodia

Amoeba does not have a fixed limb or any part for helping it to ingest the food. It ingests food by the process of phagocytosis. It develops pseudopodia, temporary projections, to take the food inside its body. Pseudopodia literally means false feet.

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