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Pseudopod formers
Answer for the clue "Pseudopod formers ", 7 letters:
amoebas
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n. (plural of amoeba English)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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] ||
Usage examples of amoebas.
When times are good, they exist as one-celled individuals, much like amoebas.
It included (depending on which text you consulted) slime molds, amoebas, and even seaweed, among much else.
Today the number is about ten times that, though that is still far short of the 26,900 species of algae, 70,000 of fungi, and 30,800 of amoebas and related organisms whose biographies fill the annals of biology.
We may see amoebas eventually evolve into apes, but we never see apes turn into amoebas.