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Synonyms for amoeba

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-mee-buh
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmi bə

Définition of amoeba

Origin :
  • 1855, from Modern Latin Amoeba, genus name (1841), from Greek amoibe "change," related to ameibein "to change, exchange," from PIE *e-meigw-, extended form of root *mei- "to change, go, move" (see mutable). So called for its constantly changing shape. Related: Amoebaean; amoebic.
  • noun protozoa
Example sentences :
  • If an amoeba is that large here, what must an elephant look like?
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • We dropped the ship a few feet but the amoeba did not follow.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • It resembled the amoeba which had attacked us, except that the newcomer was red.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • It is I—this amoeba, who am addressing you—children of an alien universe.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Amoeboid: applied to movements similar to those of an amoeba.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Amoebiform: having the appearance or properties of an amoeba.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Of course every living speck, amoeba or newt, has its own individual soul.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Virus or bacterium, amoeba or fungus—whatever it was, it struck.
  • Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • In the case of the amoeba the division is into two equal portions.
  • Extract from : « The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction » by Winfield S. Hall
  • A note on the amoeba of the cockroach cultivated by Smith and Barret.
  • Extract from : « The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches » by Louis M. Roth

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