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amoeba

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun amoeba has 1 sense

amoeba(n = noun.animal) ameba - naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion; Array

is a kind of rhizopod, rhizopodan

is a member of amoebida, amoebina, order amoebida, order amoebina

has particulars: endameba

Derived forms adjective amoeban₁, adjective amoebic₁, adjective amoebous₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

amoeba, n. [NL., fr. Gr. change.].

A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

amoeba, n. (US ameba) (pl. amoebas or amoebae) any usu. aquatic protozoan of the genus Amoeba, esp. A. proteus, capable of changing shape.

Derivative

amoebic adj. amoeboid adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk amoibe change

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THESAURUS

amoeba

Euglena, adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, animalcule, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug, coccus, colon bacillus, diatom, disease-producing microorganism, dyad, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, flagellate, fungus, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, microbe, microorganism, microspore, microzoa, mold, monad, nematode, nonfilterable virus, paramecium, pathogen, picornavirus, protozoa, protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, salmonella, saprophyte, spirillum, spirochete, spore, sporozoon, staphylococcus, streptococcus, tetrad, triad, trypanosome, vibrio, virus, volvox, vorticellum, zoospore

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