AMOEBA


Meaning of AMOEBA in English

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

]

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