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Definition of Amoebous
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae. "Amoebic dysentery"
Exact synonyms: Ameban, Amebic, Amebous, Amoeban, Amoebic
Derivative terms: Ameba, Ameba, Ameba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba
Partainyms: Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba
Derivative terms: Ameba, Ameba, Ameba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba
Partainyms: Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba, Amoeba
Definition of Amoebous
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of amebous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amoebous
Literary usage of Amoebous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of Life: Being Some Account of the Nature, Modes of Origin by H. Charlton Bastian (1872)
"... watch-glass (into which they were transferred for observation) under as active
polymorphism as any amoebous cell could present ; diffluent, digitated, ..."