amoebid

noun

amoe·​bid

variants or less commonly amebid

-bə̇d

plural -s

: an amoeba or amoebalike animal

Word History

Etymology

New Latin amoeba, ameba + English -id

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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