amoeba
noun/əˈmiːbə/
/əˈmiːbə/
(US English also ameba)
(plural amoebas or amoebae
/əˈmiːbiː/
/əˈmiːbiː/
)- a very small living creature that consists of only one cellTopics Biologyc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek amoibē ‘change, alternation’.
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