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AMOEBA
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Irregular inflected form: amoebae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Synonyms:
ameba; amoeba
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("amoeba" is a kind of...):
rhizopod; rhizopodan (protozoa characterized by a pseudopod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amoeba"):
endameba (any ameba of the genus Endamoeba)
Holonyms ("amoeba" is a member of...):
Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina (the animal order including amoebas)
Derivation:
amoeban; amoebic; amoebous (pertaining to or resembling amoebae)