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Definition of amoeba noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

amoeba

noun
 
/əˈmiːbə/
 
/əˈmiːbə/
(US English also ameba)
(plural amoebas or amoebae
 
/əˈmiːbiː/
 
/əˈmiːbiː/
)
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  1. a very small living creature that consists of only one cellTopics Biologyc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek amoibē ‘change, alternation’.
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