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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)play

  Familiarity information: AMEBOID used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMEBOID (adjective)


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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