amoeboid
[ uh-mee-boid ]
/ əˈmi bɔɪd /
adjective
OTHER WORDS FROM amoeboid
a·moe·boid·ism, nounWords nearby amoeboid
amoebaean,
amoebiasis,
amoebic,
amoebic dysentery,
amoebocyte,
amoeboid,
amok,
amokura,
amole,
amon,
amon-ra
Definition for amoeboid (2 of 2)
ameboid
or a·moe·boid
[ uh-mee-boid ]
/ əˈmi bɔɪd /
adjective Biology.
resembling or related to amebas.
OTHER WORDS FROM ameboid
a·me·boid·ism, nounExample sentences from the Web for amoeboid
Amoeboid: applied to movements similar to those of an amoeba.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology |John. B. SmithThis movement seems to be of no service, any more than the incessant movement of amoeboid bodies.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles DarwinAfter some days the embryo discards its envelope and creeps about in an amoeboid manner.
He was, we think, wrong in adhering to the belief that the movements of aggregated masses are of an amoeboid nature.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for amoeboid
amoeboid
US ameboid
/ (əˈmiːbɔɪd) /
adjective
of, related to, or resembling amoebae
Medical definitions for amoeboid (1 of 2)
amoeboid
[ ə-mē′boid′ ]
adj.
Variant ofameboid
Medical definitions for amoeboid (2 of 2)
ameboid
adj.
Of or resembling an ameba, especially in changeability of form and means of locomotion.
Having an irregular or asymmetric outline with peripheral projections, as the outline of a group of cells growing in a nutrient culture.