What is Amoeba?
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An amoeba, often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. Amoebae do not form a single taxonomic group; instead, they are found in every major lineage of eukaryotic organisms.
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αmσєвα íѕ α unícєllulαr σrgαníѕm thαt hαѕ thє αвílítч tσ chαngє ítѕ ѕhαpє. thєч αrє uѕuαllч fσund ín wαtєr вσdíєѕ ѕuch αѕ pσndѕ, lαkєѕ αnd ѕlσw-mσvíng rívєrѕ.
αn αmσєвα, ѕσmєtímєѕ wríttєn αѕ "αmєвα", íѕ α tєrm gєnєrαllч uѕєd tσ dєѕcríвє α ѕínglє cєllєd єukαrчσtíc σrgαníѕm thαt hαѕ nσ dєfínαtє ѕhαpє αnd thαt mσvєѕ вч mєαnѕ σf pѕєudσpσdíα. thє cчtσplαѕm σf αn αmσєвα cσntαínѕ thє σrgαnєllєѕ αnd íѕ єnclσѕєd вч α cєll mєmвrαnє.
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