amoeba
/əˈmiːbə/
amoeba noun: a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
Noun
amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)
- A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
- Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
- Synonyms:
- amoeboid
- Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
- A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
- An asexual.
- A large pattern with fluctuating edges typically made of whitespace.
amoeba meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
amoeba in Hindi
- member of a genus of unicellular protozoa
- अमीबा amībā
amoeba in Tamil
- அமீபா, அமீபம், வயிற்றுவலி, ஒழுகுடலுடைய அணு உயிரினம்
amoeba in Urdu
- member of a genus of unicellular protozoa
- اَمِیبا amībā
amoeba in Bengali
- member of a genus of unicellular protozoa
- অ্যামিবা êmiba
More languagesFewer languages
- amoeba in Malayalam
- ശുദ്ധജലത്തിൽ സാധാരണ കാണുന്ന ഒരണുപ്രാണി, ഏകകോശജന്തു, അമീബ
- amoeba in Kannada
- ಸೀರ್ಮಾರ್ಪುಸುರಿ, ಒಚ್ಚೀರು
- amoeba in Pashto
- آمېب āméb, اميب amíb
- amoeba in Tagalog
- ameba
- amoeba in Arabic
- أَمِيبَا ʔamībā, مُتَحَوِّلَة mutaḥawwila
- amoeba in Indonesian
- ameba, amuba
- amoeba in Thai
- อะมีบา à-mii-bâa
- amoeba in Vietnamese
- amip, a míp, a-míp, trùng biến hình
- amoeba in Myanmar
- အမီးဗား a.mi:ba:
Examples of amoeba in a sentence
- An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
- A total of 47 interstitial testate amoebas have been recorded in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
- The amoeba illustrated in Fig. 27 may be excysting with chromatoids.
Synonyms of amoeba
Antonyms
Forms of amoeba
| plural | amoebae |
|---|---|
| plural | amoebas |
| alternative US | ameba |
| alternative form (dated) | amœba |
Origin of amoeba
From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Words formed from amoeba
- acanthamoeba
- amoebalike
- coamoeba
- Mastigamoebida
Words that rhyme with amoeba
Questions about amoeba
- What does amoeba mean?
- Amoeba means a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
- What is amoeba in Hindi?
- Amoeba in Hindi is अमीबा (amībā). See Amoeba meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amoeba?
- Amoeba is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amoeba?
- Amoeba is pronounced /əˈmiːbə/.
- What is the plural of amoeba?
- The plural of amoeba is amoebae.
Words near amoeba in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amoeba (page history and authors); amoeba (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amoeba (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amoeba (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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