Amoeba
WordNet
noun
(1) Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Noun
- A genus of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
- The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.