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3 dictionary results for: amoebas
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
a·moe·ba       [uh-mee-buh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -bas, -bae       [-bee] Pronunciation Key.
ameba.
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a·moe·ba also a·me·ba       (ə-mē'bə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. a·moe·bas also a·me·bas or a·moe·bae also a·me·bae (-bē)
Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.


[New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoibē, change, from ameibein, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

a·moe'bic (-bĭk) adj.
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amoeba       (ə-mē'bə)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural amoebas or amoebae (ə-mē'bē)
Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. Amoebas move by means of pseudopods.

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