AMOEBINA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Amoebina mean?
• AMOEBINA (noun)
The noun AMOEBINA has 1 sense:
1. the animal order including amoebas
Familiarity information: AMOEBINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMOEBINA (noun)
Meaning:
The animal order including amoebas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina
Hypernyms ("Amoebina" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Amoebina"):
genus Amoeba (protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water)
Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae (a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract)
ameba; amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
Holonyms ("Amoebina" is a member of...):
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)