[ ə'mi:bə ]
( US also ameba )
■ noun ( plural ~s or ~e -bi: ) a single-celled animal which catches food and moves about by extending finger-like projections of protoplasm. [Phylum Rhizopoda.]
Derivatives
amoebic adjective
amoeboid adjective
Origin
C19: mod. L., from Gk amoibē 'change, alternation'.