amoeba
noun /əˈmiːbə/
/əˈmiːbə/
(US English also ameba)
(plural amoebas or amoebae
/əˈmiːbiː/
/əˈmiːbiː/
)- a very small living creature that consists of only one cellTopics Biologyc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek amoibē ‘change, alternation’.