Amoebiform \A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
   [Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
   Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
   like an am[oe]ba.
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   Am[oe]boid movement, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
      by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
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	amoeboid
    adj 1: like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular
           shape) [syn: ameboid, amoeboid]