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Amoebae

Amoeba \A*moe"ba\, Amoeba \A*m[oe]"ba\, n.; pl. L. Am[oe]b[ae]; E. Am[oe]bas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? change.] (Zo["o]l.) A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda. [1913 Webster] ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
amoebae

classical plural of amoeba; see -ae.

Wiktionary
amoebae

n. (en-irregular plural of: amoeba)

WordNet
amoeba
  1. n. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion [syn: ameba]

  2. [also: amoebae (pl)]

amoebae

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Usage examples of "amoebae".

As a matter of fact, my body has no definite shape—you would think of one of your amoebae if you were to see me.

Creatures from single-celled amoebae, spiders, insects, birds and mammals all build homes or shelters for themselves, often of extremely complex design.

Their movements are rather slow, and resemble those of Amoebae or of the white corpuscles of the blood.

The Martian volcanoes were visible now in starlight, masses of clouds creeping up their long slopes like pale-gray amoebae.

Algae, amoebae, plants, animals—they're all made up of nearly identical cells.

There were structures like clouds, and creatures like the soft-plastic toys, shaped like amoebae or jellyfish, that children play with.

Hassan, I believe the creatures in there are creatures of mathematics - swimming in a Godelian pool of logic, growing, splitting off from one another like amoebae as they absorb undecidable postulates.