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amoeba

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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.

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

a·moebic (-bk) adj.

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]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.amoebaamoeba - naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
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] namiba
amoeba (US), ameba [əˈmiːbə] namibe f
amoeba (US) ameba [əˈmiːbə] nAmöbe f
amoeba (US), ameba [əˈmiːbə] nameba

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He had, it seems, been working of late upon the lowest forms of life, and what excited him at the present moment was that in the microscopic slide made up the day before he found the amoeba to he still alive.
Man has developed out of the animals, and there is no serious gap between him and the amoeba.
 
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