Usually means: Single-celled, shape-shifting, microscopic organism.
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  1. ameba: Merriam-Webster
  2. ameba: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ameba: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ameba: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ameba: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ameba, ameba: Wordnik
  7. ameba: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ameba: Wiktionary
  9. ameba: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ameba: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ameba: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ameba: Dictionary.com
  13. Ameba (website), Ameba: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. ameba: Rhymezone
  15. ameba: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ameba: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ameba: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. ameba: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  19. ameba: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -ameba: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. ameba: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. ameba: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ameba: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. -ameba, ameba: Medical dictionary
  5. Ameba: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. ameba: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba [(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.]

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