Look up: amoeba


  1. Amoeba
    1. (operating system) A distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Amoeba is only available under licence from the VUA, but is free of charge and includes all source, binaries and documentation. (http://am.cs.vu.nl/). [Features?] 2. (c...
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  2. Amoeba
    [disambiguation] Amoeba (sometimes amœba or ameba, plural amoebae) is a genus of protozoan, and may also refer to members of that genus. Amoeba or ameba can also refer to: ...
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  3. Amoeba
    [band] Amoeba is an experimental music group that fuses the pop and ambient music genres. They formed in California, USA in 1992. The core members of the group are ambient musician Robert Rich and guitarist/bassist Rick Davies. Rich and Davies have worked together since 1979. Davies had just...
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  4. Amoeba
    Amoeba: Also ameba. A single-celled (protozoan) organism that constantly changes shape. The word 'ameba' is from the Greek 'amoibe' meaning 'change.' Ameba can infect the bowels to cause diarrhea and the liver to cause abscess formation.
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  5. amoeba
    Genus of protozoa, but also an imprecise name given to several types of free-living unicellular phagocytic organism. Giant forms (eg. Amoeba proteus ) may be up to 2mm long, and crawl over surfaces by protruding pseudopods (amoeboid movement). Amoebae exhibit great plasticity of form and conspicuous...
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  6. amoeba
    <protozoa> Genus of protozoa, but also an imprecise name given to several types of free living unicellular phagocytic organism. ... Giant forms (e.g. Amoeba proteus) may be up to 2mm long and crawl over surfaces by protruding pseudopods (amoeboid movement). Amoebae exhibit great plasticity of ...
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  7. Amoeba
    (ә-me´bә) a genus of ameboid protozoa, most of which are free-living. Those parasitic in humans and once included in this genus have been assigned to other genera.
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  8. Amoeba
    • (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
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  9. amoeba
    any of the microscopic unicellular protozoans of the rhizopodan order Amoebida. The well-known type species, Amoeba proteus, is found on decaying ... [7 related articles]
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  10. amoeba
    amoeba, ameba (s); amoebae, amebae (pl) 1. A single-celled (protozoan) organism that constantly changes shape.>BR? 2. A single-celled organism found in water and in damp soil on land, and as a parasite of other organisms. Lacking a fixed form and supporting structures, an amoeba consists of a proto...
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  1. Amœba
    ==Summary== Provincial seal of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. ==Fair use rationale for Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur`s 1st legislative district special election, 2011== ==Licensing== ...
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  2. Amoeba
    [operating system] Amoeba is an open source microkernel-based distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others at the Vrije Universiteit. The aim of the Amoeba project is to build a timesharing system that makes an entire network of computers appear to the user as a s...
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  3. amoeba
    Any of a variety of one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans belonging to the order Amoebida, phylum Sarcodina of the kingdom Protista. Amoebae have no definite form and consist of a mass of cytoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. They move by means of pseu...
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  4. amoeba
    amoeba: see ameba.
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  5. Amoeba
    A microscopic, one-celled animal consisting of a naked mass of protoplasm.
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  6. Amoeba
    The amoeba (sub Phylum Sarcodina) is a simple single celled animal of the group sarcomastigophora. They move by extending lobe-like projections of their cytoplasm called pseudopodia. Food is obtained by phagocytosis.
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  7. Amoeba
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-mē′bă Definitions: 1. A genus of naked, lobose, pseudopod-forming protozoa of the class Sarcodina (or Rhizopoda), which are abundant soil-dwellers, especially in rich organic debris, and are also commonly found as parasites. The typical amebic parasit...
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  8. amoeba
    Click images to enlargeOne of the simplest living animals, consisting of a single cell and belonging to the protozoa group. The body consists of colourless protoplasm. Its activities are controlled by the nucleus, and it feeds by flowing round and engulfing organic debris. It reproduces by bi...
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  9. Amoeba
    [album] Amoeba is a studio album by Critters Buggin of Seattle, Washington recorded and released in 1999. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ...
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  10. Amoeba
    Amoeba (sometimes amœba or ameba, plural amoebae or amoebas) is a genus of Protozoa. It is a shapeless unicellular organism. ==History== The amoeba was first discovered by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof in 1757. Early naturalists referred to Amoeba as the Proteus animalcule after the Greek god ...
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  11. amoeba
    1) Ameba 2) Bio 101 study 3) Biology 101 specimen 4) Blob 5) Bloblike organism 6) Changeable life form 7) Creature with pseudopodia 8) Creature with pseudopods 9) Doubler in division 10) Elementary biology subject 11) It di...
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