amoeba

See also: Amoeba, amöba, and amœba

English
An amoeba.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˈmiːbə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːbə

Noun

amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)

  1. (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  3. (slang) An asexual.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

amoeba f (genitive amoebae); first declension

  1. amoeba

Declension

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