amoeba [əˈmiːbə] (美 亦作 ameba) (pl. amoebas 或 amoebae -biː)
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
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 amoebic adjective amoeboid adjective 语源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek amoibē 'change, alternation'