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amoeba

 
Dictionary: a·moe·ba  a·me·ba (ə-mē') pronunciation
 
also n., pl. -bas also -bas, or -bae also -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.]

amoebic a·moe'bic (-bĭk) adj.
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(uh-mee-buh)

An animal composed of only one cell that has no fixed shape. It is the best known of the single-celled animals, or protozoa.

  • The term amoeba is sometimes used to refer to something with an indefinite, changeable shape.
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    Pl. amobae, amobas [L.] a minute protozoan. The common laboratory example is Amoeba proteus.

     
    Translations: Amoeba
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    Dansk (Danish)
    n. - amøbe

    Nederlands (Dutch)
    amoebe

    Français (French)
    n. - amibe

    Deutsch (German)
    n. - Amöbe, Wechseltierchen

    Ελληνική (Greek)
    n. - (βιολ.) αμοιβάδα

    Italiano (Italian)
    ameba

    Português (Portuguese)
    n. - ameba (f) (Biol.)

    Русский (Russian)
    амеба

    Español (Spanish)
    n. - ameba

    Svenska (Swedish)
    n. - amöba

    中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
    变形虫, 阿米巴

    中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
    n. - 變形蟲, 阿米巴

    한국어 (Korean)
    n. - 아메바

    日本語 (Japanese)
    n. - アメーバ

    العربيه (Arabic)
    ‏(الاسم) الأميبه, حييوين ويد الخليه يتغير شكله بإستمرار‏

    עברית (Hebrew)
    n. - ‮אמבה, חילופית‬


     
     

     

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