ALL meanings of amoeba
a·moe·ba
A a - countable noun amoeba An amoeba is the smallest kind of living creature. Amoebae consist of only one cell, and are found in water or soil. 3
- noun amoeba any protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda, esp any of the genus Amoeba, able to change shape because of the movements of cell processes (pseudopodia). They live in fresh water or soil or as parasites in man and animals 3
- noun amoeba a one-celled, microscopic organism belonging to any of several families of rhizopods that move and feed using pseudopodia and reproduce by fission; esp., any of a genus (Amoeba) found in soil or water or a parasitic genus (Entamoeba) found in higher animals and humans 3
- noun amoeba something indefinite in shape or perpetually changing, like an amoeba 3
- abbreviation AMOEBA ameba. 1
- noun plural amoeba any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles. 1
- noun plural amoeba a protozoan of the genus Amoeba, inhabiting bottom vegetation of freshwater ponds and streams: used widely in laboratory studies. 1
- noun amoeba (biology) A genus of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. 1
- noun Technical meaning of amoeba 1. (operating system) A distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Amoeba is only available under licence from the VUA, but is free of charge and includes all source, binaries and documentation. 2. (computer, abuse) A derogatory term for Commodore's Amiga personal computer. 1
- noun amoeba single-celled life form 1
- noun amoeba (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. 0
- noun amoeba (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. 0