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amoeba en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈmiːbə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
2. Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
3. (historical) Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
4. A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
5. (slang) An asexual.
6. A large pattern with fluctuating edges typically made of whitespace.

Forms

Antonyms

mastigote

Deriveds

amoebalike · acanthamoeba · Mastigamoebida · coamoeba

Relateds

amoebiasis · amoebic dysentery

Synonyms

amoeboid

Translations (89)

my အမီးဗား (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · uk аме́ба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · lv amēba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · da amøbe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ga aiméibe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sw amiba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · kk амёба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · id amuba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sq amebë (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · az amöb (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mi pūora (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ar مُتَحَوِّلَة (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ja アメーバ (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · th อะมีบา (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mn амёб (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · fa-ira آمیب (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · pt ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · uz amyoba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · tl ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ky амёба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sk améba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · pl ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · it ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · is amaba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · vi a míp (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · hi अमीबा (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · de Wechseltierchen (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · vi amip (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · el αμοιβάδα (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ps آمېب (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · cmn 變形蟲 /变形虫 (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sl ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · is slímdýr (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · kk амеба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ur اَمِیبا (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · id ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · es amibo (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · cmn 阿米巴 (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ro amibă (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ru амёба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · eo amebo (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · tg амёба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sh améba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · vi trùng biến hình (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · lt ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · gl ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · pl pełzak (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · io amebo (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mn эстэй амьтан (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · km អាមីប (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · tg амеба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ko 육질충류 (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · vi a-míp (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · tk amýoba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · cs améba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sv amöba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · es ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · bg аме́ба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · he אָמֶבָּה (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ps اميب (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · fr amibe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ka ამება (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · sh аме́ба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · tr amip (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · hy ամեոբա (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · hu amőba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · lo ອາມີບາ (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · kmr amîba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mk аме́ба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · fi ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · fo skaploysingur (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · fo amøba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · cs měňavka (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · nl amoebe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · be амёба (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · de Amöbe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · cy ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ug ئامىبا (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · is amba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mn ᠡᠰ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · nb amøbe (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · bn অ্যামিবা (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · et amööb (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · mn ᠠᠮᠶᠣᠪᠠ (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · es amiba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ko 아메바 (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · gv amoeba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ar أَمِيبَا (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) · ca ameba (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa)