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How to use amoeba in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Amoeba means a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. Example: “An amoeba is a protean animalcule.”

More sentences with amoeba

  • An amoeba is a protean animalcule.From the entry protean
  • A total of 47 interstitial testate amoebas have been recorded in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.2007, Victor Fet, Alexi Popov, Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, →ISBN, page 558. From the entry psammobiotic
  • The amoeba illustrated in Fig. 27 may be excysting with chromatoids.1900, Pamphlets on Protozoology. From the entry chromatoid
  • The sessile amoeba is encased in a hyaline, flattened lorica, which holds the MCB and connects to the meroplasmodium.2015 July 2, Schmidt M, Horn S, Ehlers K, Wilhelm C, Schnetter R, “Guanchochroma wildpretii gen. et spec. nov. (Ochrophyta) Provides New…. From the entry meroplasmodium
  • Members of the Arcellina (testate amoebae), especially the terrestrial species, are surrounded by resistent tests with only one small pseudostome.2012, Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn, O. Roger Anderson, Wolf-Ernst Reif, Cytomechanics: The Mechanical Basis of Cell Form and Structure, →ISBN. From the entry pseudostome
  • We must warn patients that if their symptoms persist after adequate treatment a cause other than the amoeba must be sought.1953 January 10, T. G. Armstrong, “Recent experiences in the treatment of amoebiasis”, in South African Medical Journal, volume 27, number…. From the entry amoebophobia
  • The newest giant virus is Medusavirus, so named because of the way it infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that commonly live in water.2019 March 20, Sarah Zhang, “Beware the Medusavirus”, in The Atlantic. From the entry medusavirus
  • They are swimming toward some kind of undersea plant (a sea anemone?), itself surrounded by watermelon-size amoeba shapes with long, fingery edges.2007 July 15, Christopher Gray, “What the Future Looked Like Yesterday”, in New York Times. From the entry fingery
  • It is remarkable that all testate amoebas belonging to the psammoxenic category are reported by Decloitre along the French coast of the department of Var.1990, Stygologia - Volumes 5-6, page 50. From the entry psammoxenic
  • At this incredibly slow speed, how long would it take our superpersistent amoeba to move the entire universe over the width of one universe?1980, Dennis James Kennedy, The University Extension Journal, Volume 1, Number 4, Word Books, pages 56-57. From the entry superpersistent
  • On the other hand, medusavirus-infected amoeba cells show moderately decreased cell motility later than those of mimivirus-infected cells and change the cells to a cyst-like formation.2020 January 17, Sho Fukaya et al., “Kinetic Analysis of the Motility of Giant Virus-Infected Amoebae Using Phase-Contrast Microscopic…. From the entry medusavirus

Meaning of amoeba

  1. noun A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. noun Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
  3. noun Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.

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Questions about amoeba in a sentence

How do you use amoeba in a sentence?
Amoeba is used as a noun. For example: “An amoeba is a protean animalcule.”
What is a short sentence with amoeba?
“An amoeba is a protean animalcule.”
What does amoeba mean?
Amoeba means a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

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