The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It will hold everything from amebas to high invertebrates.
From Time Magazine Archive
These cells are like little amebas in the blood.
From Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics by Frank Overton
With a grunt of amazement, Greg slammed a beam straight into the heart of the amebas.
From Empire by Clifford D. Simak
A streak of terrible light was striking at them from the Interplanetarian, blinding white light, and along that highway of light swarmed a horde of little green figures, like squirming green amebas.
From Empire by Clifford D. Simak
