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amoeboid
adjective(amoe-boid)
resembling an amoeba specifically in moving or changing in shape by means of protoplasmic flow
amoeboid
(amoe-boid)
any of a large genus (Amoeba) of naked rhizopod protozoans with lobed and never anastomosing pseudopodia, without permanent organelles or supporting structures, and of wide distribution in fresh and salt water and moist terrestrial environments; broadly : a naked rhizopod or other amoeboid protozoan

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