ameba, amebic, ameboid

ame·​ba

less common spellings of amoeba, amoebic, amoeboid

: any of a large genus (Amoeba) of naked rhizopod protozoans with lobed and never anastomosing pseudopodia, without permanent organelles or supporting structures, and of wide distribution in fresh and salt water and moist terrestrial environments
broadly : a naked rhizopod or other amoeboid protozoan

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“Ameba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ameba. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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ameba, ameboid

ame·​ba, ame·​boid

variant of amoeba, amoeboid

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