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Embryonic shape, at first
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blob
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Blobs are sections of the visual cortex where groups of neurons that are sensitive to color assemble in cylindrical shapes. They were first identified in 1979 by Margaret Wong-Riley when she used a cytochrome oxidase stain, from which they get their name. ...
Usage examples of blob.
The enemy blob was expanding slowly on the screen as he moved toward the target base.
Although it was lying fairly Aat, the blob was slightly larger than a human being, and it had spread across the bridge in a pile of steaming ooze.
Tash and Deevee both scrambled backward as the blob lunged forward and landed heavily on the spot where they had been standing.
The blob made no sound, except for the slimy slap of its wriggling, fatty skin on the surface of the bridge.
Deevee tried to pry himself loose as the blob began to creep up his silver legs.
He grabbed the upper edge of the blob in his gloved hands and yanked hard.
First the mysterious Wedge Antilles appeared out of nowhere to save them from a weird blob creature, and then told them that no one but Imperials had been allowed on Gobindi in weeks.
A small slurp above her gave Tash just enough warning, and she scrambled out of the way as another blob dropped from the ceiling.
It was as if the first cell contained a fully developed blob, while farther down the line they were still forming.
Passing even more rooms, Tash saw a blob that was just about the size and shape of a human man, lying on the floor.
A bright streak of energy shot out of the gloom and struck the blob head-on.
Wedge poured blaster fire onto a bold blob that had charged toward them.
Tash remembered the Rodian turning into a blob in his cell, and shivered uncontrollably.
In a little while you will be just another mindless blob spreading my virus around the planet.
The weight of the virus blob on her shoulders made her feel as though she were carrying another person.