lobose

American  

[loh-bohs] / ˈloʊ boʊs /

adjective

Zoology.

1. having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.

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Etymology

Origin of lobose

From the New Latin word lobōsus, dating back to 1880–85. See lobe, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

The pseudopodia are lobose, sometimes absent, the body then progressing by a flowing movement; the body consists of ectoplasm and endoplasm, the latter being granular and internal, the former hyaline and external.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

Further complications arise when the lower walls of the mother zooid become thickened and interpenetrated with solenia, from which buds are developed, so that lobose, tufted, or branched colonies are formed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

One of these cells, the future egg, grows more rapidly than the others, some or all of which it finally absorbs by means of lobose pseudopodia extruded from its margin.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson