amœboid

adjective

Dated spelling of amoeboid.

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Meanings

adjectiveamœboid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDated spelling of amoeboid.

    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.

    1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 48
nounamœboid (plural amœboids)

plural amœboids

  1. Dated spelling of amoeboid.

Origin

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amœb- + -oid.

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APA

amœboid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am%C5%93boid

MLA

“amœboid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am%C5%93boid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amœboid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am%C5%93boid.

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