{ } a. [ Amœba + -form or -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mes- + amœboid. ] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation. [ 1913 Webster ]