noun
the animal order including amoebas
• Syn: ↑Amoebida, ↑order Amoebida, ↑order Amoebina
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhizopoda, ↑subclass Rhizopoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Amoeba, ↑Endamoebidae, ↑family Endamoebidae, ↑ameba, ↑amoeba
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\\ˌamēˈbīnə, -məˈ-, -ēnə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of naked rhizopods that are commonly clearly differentiated into endoplasm and ectoplasm, form lobopodia, and include the common amoebas of soil and water and some parasitic forms — see endamoebidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.