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amebic Definition


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amoeba
ameba
noun
    amoebae, amoebas
    1. zool.
      Any of numerous microscopic protozoan animals, including some disease-causing parasites, that inhabit water or damp soil and have no fixed shape, but move by continually pushing out pseudopodia (see pseudopodium) in different directions.
Derivative: amoebic
adj
    Etymology: 19c: from Greek amoibe change.



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