ameba (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ameba*:
NOUN	animal	ameba, amoeba	naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

English > *ameba*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
Synonym	amoeba
Member of	Amoebida, order Amoebida, Amoebina, order Amoebina	The animal order including amoebas
Narrower	endameba	Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba
Broader	rhizopod, rhizopodan	protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Spanish	ameba, amiba
Catalan	ameba
Adjectives	amebic, ameban, amebous	pertaining to or resembling amoebae
Adjectives	ameboid, amoeboid	like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)

HyperDic: ameba