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AMEBOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ameboid mean?
• AMEBOID (adjective)
The adjective AMEBOID has 1 sense:
1. like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
Familiarity information: AMEBOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
ameboid; amoeboid
Pertainym:
ameba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
Context examples
Blood cells that are devoid of hemoglobin, capable of ameboid motion and phagocytosis, and act as the principal components of the immune system.
(Leukocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
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