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amoeboid

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1. a. Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Source: opted
2. adj. like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) Source: wordnet
3. Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. Source: webster
4. a like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) Source: ecdict

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amoeba like shape changing irregular movement resembling variable processes produced prolongation retraction successive

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amoebas amoebea amoebean amoebian amoebiasis amoebic amoebic dysentery amoebiform Amoebina amoebiosis amoebous

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