- genus Amoeba
- nounprotozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Amoebida, ↑order Amoebida, ↑Amoebina, ↑order Amoebina
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genus Amoeba
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amoeba — [ə mē′bə] n. pl. amoebas or amoebae [ə mē′bē] [ModL < Gr amoibē, change < ameibein, to change] 1. a one celled, microscopic organism belonging to any of several families of rhizopods that move and feed using pseudopodia and reproduce by… … English World dictionary
Amoeba — Taxobox name = Amoeba image width = 250px domain = Eukaryota regnum = Amoebozoa phylum = Tubulinea ordo = Tubulinida familia = Amoebidae genus = Amoeba genus authority = Bory de Saint Vincent, 1822 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Amoeba … Wikipedia
Amoeba proteus — Taxobox color = pink name = Amoeba image width = 270px image caption = domain = Eukaryota regnum = Protista subregnum = Sarcomastigota phylum = Amoebozoa subphylum = Protamoebae divisio = Lobosea ordo = Euamoebida familia = Amoebidae genus =… … Wikipedia
amoeba — also ameba noun (plural bas or amoebae) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoibē change, from ameibein to change more at migrate Date: 1855 any of a large genus (Amoeba) of naked rhizopod protozoans with lobed and never anastomosing… … New Collegiate Dictionary
amoeba — /əˈmibə / (say uh meebuh) noun (plural amoebas or amoebae /əˈmibi/ (say uh meebee)) 1. a protozoan of irregular and protean shape moving and feeding by the use of pseudopodia. 2. any protozoan of the genus Amoeba. Also, ameba. {New Latin, from… …
amoeba — n. (US ameba) (pl. amoebas or amoebae) any usu. aquatic protozoan of the genus Amoeba, esp. A. proteus, capable of changing shape. Derivatives: amoebic adj. amoeboid adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk amoibe change … Useful english dictionary
Amoeba (disambiguation) — Amoeba is a genus of protozoa, a type of single celled organism.Amoeba can also refer to:* an Amoeboid organism * Amoeba distributed operating system * Amoeba Music, an independent music chain * Rogue Amoeba, a software company * Amoeba… … Wikipedia
amoeba — (n.) 1855, from Mod.L. Amoeba, genus name (1841), from Gk. amoibe change, related to ameibein to change, exchange, from PIE *e meigw , extended form of root *mei to change, go, move (see MUTABLE (Cf. mutable)). So called for its constantly… … Etymology dictionary
amoeba — Genus of protozoa, but also an imprecise name given to several types of free living unicellular phagocytic organism. Giant forms (eg. Amoeba proteus ) may be up to 2mm long, and crawl over surfaces by protruding pseudopods (amoeboid movement).… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Amoeba dubia — The Amoeba dubia is the largest species of the kingdom Amoebozoa, more commonly referred to as Amoeba. It is a genus of protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopods, and is well known as a representative unicellular… … Wikipedia
