amoeba

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