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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amoeba
       n : naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form
           temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion [syn: {ameba}]
       [also: {amoebae} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "amoeba":
     Euglena, adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, anaerobe,
     anaerobic bacteria, animalcule, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug,
     coccus, colon bacillus, diatom, disease-producing microorganism,
     dyad, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, flagellate, fungus,
     germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, microbe,
     microorganism, microspore, microzoa, mold, monad, nematode,
     nonfilterable virus, paramecium, pathogen, picornavirus, protozoa,
     protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, salmonella,
     saprophyte, spirillum, spirochete, spore, sporozoon,
     staphylococcus, streptococcus, tetrad, triad, trypanosome, vibrio,
     virus, volvox, vorticellum, zoospore
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  amoeba n. Humorous term for the Commodore Amiga personal computer.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Amoeba
       
          1.  A distributed {operating system}
          developed by {Andrew S. Tanenbaum} and others of {Vrije
          Universiteit, Amsterdam}.  Amoeba is only available under
          licence from the VUA, but is free of charge and includes all
          {source}, {binaries} and documentation.
       
          {Home (http://www.am.cs.vu.nl/)}.
       
          [Features?]
       
          2.  A derogatory term for {Commodore}'s
          {Amiga} {personal computer}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1997-05-07)
       
       

















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