Amoeba

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  • noun. Any of various one-celled free-living or parasitic protozoans having no definite form and moving by means of pseudopods.
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  • noun. A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See rhizopoda.
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  • noun. A genus of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  • noun. The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
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  • noun. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
    • Word Usage
    "‡ The term amoeba is sometimes used to refer to something with an indefinite, changeable shape."
    Equivalent
    amœba  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bathsheba  Chiba  Curitiba  Sheba  cohiba  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ballplayer  chimaera  gastrula  isms  microorganisms  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Euglena  adenovirus  aerobe  aerobic bacteria  anaerobe  
    variant
    Rhizopoda  ameba  amoebae  
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