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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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