amoeba

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.

(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.

Pl. amobae, amobas [L.] a minute protozoan. The common laboratory example is Amoeba proteus.

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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