AMOEBA (amoebae)
Dictionary entry overview: What does amoeba mean? • AMOEBA (noun)
The noun AMOEBA has 1 sense:
1. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Familiarity information: AMOEBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMOEBA (noun)
Meaning:
Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ameba; amoeba
Hypernyms ("amoeba" is a kind of...):
rhizopod; rhizopodan (protozoa characterized by a pseudopod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amoeba"):
endameba (any ameba of the genus Endamoeba)
Holonyms ("amoeba" is a member of...):
Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina (the animal order including amoebas)
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