ˌamēˈbīnə, -məˈ-, -ēnə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Amoeba + -ina
: an order of naked rhizopods that are commonly clearly differentiated into endoplasm and ectoplasm, form lobopodia, and include the common amoebas of soil and water and some parasitic forms — see endamoebidae