Amoeboid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amoebiform \A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
     [Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
     Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
     like an am[oe]ba.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Am[oe]boid movement}, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
        by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amoeboid
       adj : like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular
             shape) [syn: {ameboid}]