Definitions for amoeba

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amoeba a·moe·ba

Spelling: [uh-mee-buh]

IPA: /əˈmi bə/

Amoeba is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in amoeba (aabemo).

Definitions for amoeba

noun

1. ameba.
2. any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
3. a protozoan of the genus Amoeba, inhabiting bottom vegetation of freshwater ponds and streams: used widely in laboratory studies.

Origin of amoeba

New Latin amoeba Greek amoibḗ change, alternation, akin to ameíbein to exchange

Examples for amoeba

Virus or bacterium, amoeba or fungus—whatever it was, it struck.

I was invited to see Paul when he performed at a very intimate gig at amoeba Records in L.A. a few years ago.

Of course every living speck, amoeba or newt, has its own individual soul.

It resembled the amoeba which had attacked us, except that the newcomer was red.

Amoebiform: having the appearance or properties of an amoeba.

We dropped the ship a few feet but the amoeba did not follow.

In the case of the amoeba the division is into two equal portions.

Amoeboid: applied to movements similar to those of an amoeba.

If an amoeba is that large here, what must an elephant look like?

It is I—this amoeba, who am addressing you—children of an alien universe.