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

Definition of Amoebous

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of amebous) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amoebous

amoebic colitis
amoebic dysentery
amoebic granuloma
amoebicidal
amoebicide
amoebida
amoebiform
amoebiosis
amoebism
amoebocyte
amoebocytes
amoeboid
amoeboid movement
amoeboids
amoebous (current term)
amoebozoan
amoebozoans
amok
amoks
amole
amoles
amomum
amomums
among
amonge
amongest
amongst
amontillado

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, ..."

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