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Definition of 'amoeba'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ameba, amoeba
naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) amoeba
a rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. amoeba
a minute animalcule of the simplest structure, being a mere mass of protoplasm; absorbs its food at every point all over its body by means of processes protruded therefrom at will, with the effect that it is constantly changing its shape.

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. amoeba
A genus of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include a vesicular nucleus and the formation of several lodopodia, one of which is dominant at a given time. Reproduction occurs asexually by binary fission.

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