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amoeba

[uh-mee-buh] / əˈmi bə /
NOUN
protozoa
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In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

From a bejeweled Elvis jumpsuit to a look made entirely of neon green tassels meant to resemble an amoeba, her vision was avant-garde, playful and undeniably multidimensional.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

An Indian teenager is now among a handful of people in the world to survive a rare brain-eating amoeba, partly due to his father coming across a public awareness campaign on social media.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Naegleriaviruses are taken up mistakenly as a food source but destroy their amoeba hosts within just few hours.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

All four of them walked through the empty basement and up the stairs in a clump, almost like a single creature—an amoeba, maybe.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix