amoeba

a·moe·ba also a·me·ba  (-mb)

n. pl. a·moe·bas or a·moe·bae (-b)

Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.

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[New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoib, change, from ameibein, to change; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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a·moebic (-bk) adj.

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amoeba or US ameba [am-mee-ba, -bee]

Noun

pl -bae -bas a microscopic single-cell creature that is able to change its shape [Greek ameibein to change]

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amoeba  (-mb)

Plural amoebas or amoebae (-mb)

Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. Amoebas move by means of pseudopods.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

amoeba - naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion ameba rhizopod, rhizopodan - protozoa characterized by a pseudopod Amoebida, Amoebina, order Amoebida, order Amoebina - the animal order including amoebas endameba - any ameba of the genus Endamoeba

Translations

amoeba, ameba (US) [əˈmiːbə] n → amiba

amoeba (US), ameba [əˈmiːbə] n → amibe f

amoeba (US) ameba [əˈmiːbə] n → Amöbe f

amoeba (US), ameba [əˈmiːbə] n → ameba