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AMOEBOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amoeboid mean?
• AMOEBOID (adjective)
The adjective AMOEBOID has 1 sense:
1. like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
Familiarity information: AMOEBOID 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)
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