amoeba

• ameba (US)
• amœba

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

• IPA^(key): /əˈmiːbə/

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• Rhymes: -iːbə

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.

• (biology) mastigote

• amoebiasis
• amoebic dysentery

• amoeba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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amoeba

Wikipedia ^la

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmoe̯.ba/, [äˈmoe̯bä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈme.ba/, [äˈmɛːbä]

amoeba f (genitive amoebae); first declension

1. amoeba

First-declension noun.