Amoeboid

/əˈmiːbɔɪd/ adjective

Resembling or shaped like an amoeba; able to change shape and move in amoeba-like ways.

From amoeba (Greek amoibe, 'change') + -oid (Greek eidos, 'form' or 'shape'). First used in early 19th-century biology to describe cellular movements.

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