amoeba

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Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on earth.

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  1. noun Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.

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  • 'What can it matter whether the amoeba is alive or not?' —  The Poison Belt
  • Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on earth. —  doggdot.us
  • However, when the amoeba is also infected with the mimivirus, Sputnik thrives and multiplies in the viral factory created by the mimivirus. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • It is called the amoeba, and the amoeba is the very lowest thing in the animal world, very inferior even to a vegetable. —  The Cult of Incompetence
  • "What can it matter whether the amoeba is alive or not It matters a great deal," said Challenger gruffly Well, let's hear about it," said Lord John with a good-humoured smile. —  The First Men In The Moon
 

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  1. New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoibē, change, from ameibein, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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