Meaning Of The Word Amoeba

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amoeba
countable noun: An amoeba is the smallest kind of living creature. Amoebae consist of only one cell, and are found in water or soil.

amoeba in American English
a one-celled, microscopic organism belonging to any of several families of rhizopods that move and feed using pseudopodia and reproduce by fission; esp., any of a genus (Amoeba) found in soil or water or a parasitic genus (Entamoeba) found in higher anima
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amoeba in British English
noun: any protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda, esp any of the genus Amoeba, able to change shape because of the movements of cell processes (pseudopodia). They live in fresh water or soil or as parasites in humans and animals

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