amoeba
noun /əˈmiːbə/
/əˈmiːbə/
(US English also ameba)
(plural amoebas or amoebae
/əˈmiːbiː/
/əˈmiːbiː/
)- a very small living creature that consists of only one cell
Topics Biologyc2阿米巴,变形虫(单细胞生物) 词源mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek amoibē ‘change, alternation’.