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amoeboid
This term is primarily used in biological and medical contexts to describe a specific mode of locomotion and morphology. When used as an adjective, it emphasizes the fluid, shifting nature of a cell's boundary, contrasting with cells that have a rigid cell wall or a fixed shape.
As a noun, the term serves as a categorical descriptor for any organism or cell exhibiting this behavior. While "amoeba" refers to a specific genus of single-celled eukaryotes, "amoeboid" is broader, encompassing various cells like macrophages or neutrophils in the human immune system that utilize pseudopodia to migrate through tissues.
Meanings
Examples
The cell exhibited an amoeboid movement as it migrated toward the nutrient source.
Look at how that organism shifts its shape in an amoeboid fashion.
Macrophages are specialized amoeboids that engulf pathogens to protect the body.
The monster was a shimmering amoeboid mass that could slip through any crack in the wall.
It looks like some kind of amoeboid creature from another dimension.
The researcher noted the amoeboid nature of the cytoplasm under the microscope.
The researcher noted the amoeboid nature of the cytoplasm under the microscope.
Is this specific type of protozoan considered an amoeboid?
The slime mold moved across the forest floor in a slow amoeboid crawl.