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AMOEBA (amoebae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amoeba mean?
• AMOEBA (noun)
The noun AMOEBA has 1 sense:
1. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Familiarity information: AMOEBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ameba; amoeba
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)
Context examples
A parasitic infectious disorder caused by amoebas.
(Amebiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
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