amœboid

See also: amoeboid

English

Etymology

amœba +‎ -oid

Adjective

amœboid (comparative more amœboid, superlative most amœboid)

1. Alternative spelling of amoeboid
   • 1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page #48:

     Perhaps the most striking property of the leucocytes as a class in their power of making amœboid movements—a characteristic which has gained for them the sobriquet of “ wandering ” cells.

Noun

amœboid (plural amœboids)

1. Alternative spelling of amoeboid