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Meaning of AMEBA

Pronunciation:  u'meebu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
 
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 Synonyms: amoeba
 
 See Also: Amoebida, Amoebina, endameba, order Amoebida, order Amoebina, rhizopod, rhizopodan

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A common name describing the one-celled organisms classified under the order Amoebida of the class Sarcodina. An ameba has a constantly changing form and moves and eats by extending pseudopods, or long fingers of itself, from its body cytoplasm.
 

 

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