amoeba
/əˈmiːbə/( <美> 亦作ameba)
noun
(pl. amoebas 或 amoebae /-biː/)
1- a single-celled animal which catches food and moves about by extending finger-like projections of protoplasm. Amoebas are either free-living in damp environments or parasitic.阿米巴, 变形虫。
1.1
- Many families and genera in the phylum Rhizopoda, kingdom Protista, including the aquatic Amoeba proteus.根足虫纲, 原生生物界, 多科, 多属, 包括变形阿米巴。
派生词
amoebic
adjectiveamoeboid
adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin， from Greek amoibē. 'change， alternation'.