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Amoeba

Amoeba Meaning & Definition
Amoeba Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amoeba?

[n] naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amoeba: ameba

Related Terms | Find terms related to Amoeba: adenovirus | aerobe | aerobic bacteria | anaerobe | anaerobic bacteria | animalcule | bacillus | bacteria | bacterium | bug | coccus | colon bacillus | diatom | disease-producing microorganism | dyad | echovirus | enterovirus | Euglena | 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

See Also | Amoebida | Amoebina | endameba | order Amoebida | order Amoebina | rhizopod | rhizopodan

Amoeba In Webster's Dictionary

\A*m[oe]"ba\, n.; pl. L. {Am[oe]b[ae]}; E. {Am[oe]bas}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? change.] (Zo["o]l.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See {Rhizopoda}.

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