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Noun: ameba (amebae,amebas)  u'mee-bu
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: amoeba)
  1. Naked freshwater, marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
    - amoeba

Derived forms: amebae, amebas

Type of: rhizopod, rhizopodan

Part of: Amoebida, Amoebina, order Amoebida, order Amoebina

Encyclopedia: Ameba

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Ambystoma
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma mexicanum
Ambystoma talpoideum
Ambystoma tigrinum
Ambystomatidae
ambystomid
ambystomid salamander
AMD
ameba
ameban
amebiasis
amebic
amebic dysentery
amebiosis
ameboid
amebous
Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Modigliano
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