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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek amoibe 'change'

amoeba

 noun
     
a‧moe‧ba also ameba American English or [countable]
HB a very small creature that has only one cell
—amoebic adjective
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