ameboid
1ameboid — adj. 1. 1 resembling an amoeba especially in the shape or manner of motion Syn: amoeboid [WordNet 1.5] …
2ameboid — ameboid; mes·ameboid; …
3ameboid — 1. Resembling an ameba in appearance or characteristics. 2. Of irregular outline with peripheral projections; denoting the outline of a form of colony in plate culture. [ameba + G. eidos, appearance] * * * ame·boid or chiefly Brit amoe·boid ə mē …
4ameboid — ameba (esp. Brit. amoeba) ► NOUN (pl. amebas or amebae) ▪ a microscopic single celled animal which is able to change shape. DERIVATIVES amebic adjective ameboid adjective. ORIGIN from Greek amoib change, alternation …
5ameboid cell — any cell capable of ameboid movement; called also amebocyte and wandering c …
6ameboid — variant of amoeboid …
7ameboid — ameboidism, n. /euh mee boyd/, adj. Biol. resembling or related to amebas. Also, amoeboid. [AMEB(A) + OID] * * * …
8ameboid — adjective Resembling an amoebae …
9ameboid — adj. resembling an amoeba, of an amoeba …
10ameboid — /əˈmibɔɪd/ (say uh meeboyd) adjective, noun → amoeboid …