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ameba

[uh-mee-buh] / əˈmi bə /


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City officials said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the ameba in water samples from the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad on Friday.

From Seattle Times

“Ask me about brain-eating amebas,” a supervisor in the waterborne disease prevention branch beckoned on a sign.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ameba solves this difficulty by dividing to form two amebæ.

From Project Gutenberg

So the ameba grows and moves and does as it likes.

From Project Gutenberg

“Those are some dried specimens of ameba that I wish to study under a microscope.”

From Project Gutenberg