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amoebas

amoebas is the plural of amoeba.

Meaning of amoeba

Noun

amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)

  1. A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
    Synonyms:
    amoeboid
  3. (historical) Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
  4. A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  5. (slang) An asexual.
  6. A large pattern with fluctuating edges typically made of whitespace.

Questions about amoebas

What is amoebas the plural of?
Amoebas is the plural of amoeba.

Words near amoebas in the dictionary

  1. amoebal
  2. amoebalike
  3. amoeban
  4. amoebapore
  5. amoebapores
  6. amoebas
  7. amoebazoan
  8. amoebean
  9. amoebian
  10. amoebians
  11. amoebiases

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