transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
also ame·ba ə-ˈmē-bə
( plural -bas or amoe·bae -(ˌ)bē)
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoibē 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
]