a. [f. AMŒB-A + -(I)FORM.] Amœba-like; also, having many varying shapes, proteiform.
1859. J. Greene, Protozoa, 31. Smaller portion of Grantia showing ciliated amœbiform particles.
1872. Nicholson, Palæont., 67. Sponges may be defined as Rhizopoda composed of numerous amœbiform masses of sarcode.
1876. M. Foster, Phys. (1879), Introd. 1. Merely amœbiform phases in the lives of certain animals or plants.
