AMOEBA


Meaning of AMOEBA in English

n.

Variant: also ame · ba

Pronunciation: ə - ' m ē -b ə

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -bas or -bae \ -( ˌ )b ē \

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoib ē change, from ameibein to change ― more at MIGRATE

Date: 1855

: any of a large genus ( Amoeba ) of naked rhizopod protozoans with lobed and never anastomosing pseudopodia, without permanent organelles or supporting structures, and of wide distribution in fresh and salt water and moist terrestrial environments broadly : a naked rhizopod or other amoeboid protozoan

– amoe · bic \ -bik \ adjective

amoeba: 1 pseudopodium, 2 nucleus, 3 contractile vacuole, 4 food vacuole

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