\A*m[oe]"bi*form\, Amoeboid \A*m[oe]"boid\, a.
[Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape
like an am[oe]ba.
{Am[oe]boid movement}, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba,
   by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.