amœboid, a. Biol.
(əˈmiːbɔɪd)
[f. amœb-a + -oid.]
Of the character of the amœba; amœba-like.
| 1861 J. Greene Cœlent. 52 Such amœboid particles occasionally become detached. 1872 Huxley Phys. vii. 157 The amœboid movements of the white corpuscles of the blood. 1878 M{supc}Nab Bot. 16 The protoplasm escapes forming uniciliate zoospores which soon lose the cilia and become amœboid. |