amebae

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of ameba.
  ameba

  noun

  any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.

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For the white cells, which move about like amebae, are the body's shock troops; they gobble up invading bacteria, produce antidotes which neutralize their toxins.

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Most people do not think of microscopic bacteria as plants, any more than they think of amebae, clams and sponges as "animals."

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