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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape);
[syn: ameboid, amoeboid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amoeboid adj 1: like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) [syn: ameboid, amoeboid]