myxamoeboidadj.
/ˌmɪksəˈmiːbɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌmɪksəˈmiˌbɔɪd/ Biology.
Of the nature of or resembling a myxamoeba.
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myxamoeboid1927
myxamoebal1963
1927 H. Gwynne-Vaughan & B. F. Barnes Struct. & Devel. Fungi 45 Eventually multiplication ceases, the zoospores resume the myxamoeboid form and fuse in pairs.
1960 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 46 643 Cells of Dictyostelium purpureum were transplanted and examined in environments which should have permitted establishment of myxamoeboid clones if stalk cells were capable of regrowth.
1992 Mycol. Res. 96 877 Uninucleate and binucleate myxamoeboid structures are observed within host cytoplasm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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