- ameboid
- ameboid ameboid adj.
1. 1 resembling an amoeba especially in the shape or manner
of motion
Syn: amoeboid [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ameboid
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ameboid — ameboid; mes·ameboid; … English syllables
ameboid — 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 … Medical dictionary
ameboid — 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 … English terms dictionary
ameboid cell — any cell capable of ameboid movement; called also amebocyte and wandering c … Medical dictionary
ameboid — variant of amoeboid … New Collegiate Dictionary
ameboid — ameboidism, n. /euh mee boyd/, adj. Biol. resembling or related to amebas. Also, amoeboid. [AMEB(A) + OID] * * * … Universalium
ameboid — adjective Resembling an amoebae … Wiktionary
ameboid — adj. resembling an amoeba, of an amoeba … English contemporary dictionary
ameboid — /əˈmibɔɪd/ (say uh meeboyd) adjective, noun → amoeboid …
ameboid — adjective like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) • Syn: ↑amoeboid • Pertains to noun: ↑ameba (for: ↑amoeboid), ↑ameba * * * variant of amoeboid * * * … Useful english dictionary
