amoeba

See also: Amoeba, amöba, and amœba

English

An amoeba.

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Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#AMOEBACategory:English learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#AMOEBACategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMOEBA ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

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Noun

amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)Category:English lemmas#AMOEBACategory:English nouns#AMOEBACategory:English countable nouns#AMOEBACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#AMOEBACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMOEBACategory:Pages with entries#AMOEBACategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMOEBA

  1. (biologyCategory:en:Biology#AMOEBA) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
    Synonym: amoeboid
  3. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#AMOEBA) Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
  4. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#AMOEBA) A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  5. (slangCategory:English slang#AMOEBA) An asexual.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

Noun

amoeba f (genitive amoebae)Category:Latin lemmas#AMOEBACategory:Latin nouns#AMOEBACategory:Latin first declension nouns#AMOEBACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#AMOEBACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AMOEBACategory:Latin feminine nouns#AMOEBACategory:Pages with entries#AMOEBACategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMOEBA; first declension

  1. amoeba

Declension

First-declension noun.

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