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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Find an amoeba in a drop of pondwater on a microscope slide.
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He starts with a hypothetical amoeba , upon which the light of the primeval dawn falls.
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It is a simple program, sort of the amoeba of communications packages.
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On the map it looks rather like an amoeba in the process of ingesting two small droplets of water.
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Others, including the amoeba , move by bulging out fingers from the main body and then flowing into them.
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Place a little acid on one side, and the amoeba will ooze away from the negative stimulus.
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The amoeba is just as much an animal as the elephant.
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To counter this, water is secreted into a contractile vacuole as fast as it enters the amoeba .