ameba, amebic, ameboid

ame·​ba

less common spellings of amoeba, amoebic, amoeboid

: any of a large genus (Amoeba) of naked rhizopod protozoans with lobed and never anastomosing pseudopodia, without permanent organelles or supporting structures, and of wide distribution in fresh and salt water and moist terrestrial environments

broadly : a naked rhizopod or other amoeboid protozoan

Kids Definition

ameba, ameboid

ame·​ba, ame·​boid

variant of amoeba, amoeboid