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amoeba

DEFINITIONS OF: amoeba

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n naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

Synonyms:
ameba
Types:
endameba
any ameba of the genus Endamoeba
Endamoeba histolytica
the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings
Type of:
rhizopod, rhizopodan
protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
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