amoeboid

Speech parts

1. amoeboid - Noun

2. amoeboid - Adjective

Meaning

Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.

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In eukaryotic unicellular cells, amoeboid movement and cilium or the eukaryotic flagellum are the main effectors (e. Source: Internet

Paulinella chromatophora is a freshwater amoeboid which has recently (evolutionarily speaking) taken on a cyanobacterium as an endosymbiont. Source: Internet

Hydra may also move by amoeboid motion of their bases or by simply detaching from the substrate and floating away in the current. Source: Internet

Moving, the cell stretches out and takes a more typical amoeboid form, with an obvious distinction between the clear periphery and pseudopods and the greenish interior. Source: Internet

The advantages of an amoeboid multiplicity of shapes thus allowed a previously present basal lamina and a gelatinous extracellular matrix to be lost secondarily. Source: Internet

The entire group is usually called the Heterolobosea, but this may be restricted to members with amoeboid stages. Source: Internet

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