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endamoebic

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end⋅a⋅me⋅ba

[en-duh-mee-buh]
–noun, plural -bae [-bee] , -bas. Biology.
any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.
Also, end⋅a⋅moe⋅ba.


Origin:
< NL (1879); see end-, ameba


end⋅a⋅me⋅bic, end⋅a⋅moe⋅bic, adjective
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Main Entry: end·ame·ba
Variant: or chiefly British end·amoe·ba /"en-d&-'mE-b&/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural end·amoe·bas or end·amoe·bae /-(")bE/
: any ameba of the genus Endamoeba
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endameba en·da·me·ba or en·da·moe·ba (ěn'də-mē'bə)
n.
Variant of entameba.

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