amoeba

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a single-celled organism that changes shape and moves or feeds by extending pseudopodia

   The amoeba extended a pseudopod around the food particle.

2. 2
   noun

   a member of the genus Amoeba

   The biologist identified the freshwater cell as an amoeba of the genus Amoeba.

From New Latin Amoeba, from Ancient Greek amoibe ("change"), referring to the organism's continually changing shape.

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