amoeba

[US]/ə'miːbə/
[UK]/ə'mibə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. amoeba; protozoan (single-celled organism)

Example Sentences

The single-celled organism resembles an amoeba.

Amoebas move by extending their pseudopods.

Scientists study the behavior of amoebas in laboratory settings.

The microscopic world is home to many species of amoebas.

Amoebas play a crucial role in the ecosystem.

Amoebas reproduce asexually through binary fission.

Paramecium is another type of protozoa related to amoebas.

Amoebas are known for their ability to change shape.

The scientist observed the behavior of the giant amoeba under the microscope.

Amoebas are found in various habitats such as freshwater ponds and soil.

Real-world Examples

For bacteria, amoeba or your cells and a few very small animals.

Source: Kurzgesagt science animation

Why are no elephants the size of amoeba?

Source: 2017 Hot Selected Compilation

You've got an amoeba split, going along.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

Let's draw our amoeba splitting, right?

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

This is Vampyrella, an amoeba with a suitable name.

Source: Micro Journey

He worked hard and was called " amoeba" because nobody could find him.

Source: Pan Pan

FROM PAKISTAN Researchers have detected the flesh-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in the domestic water supply of Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American August 2019 Collection

Man has developed out of the animals, and there is no serious gap between him and the amoeba.

Source: Analysis of the Heart (Part 1)

Fortunately, the one they found wasn't deadly to humans but it did cause some nasty damage to an amoeba they tested it on.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2014

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress-though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

Source: Our knowledge of the outside world.

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