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AMOEBIDA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The animal order including amoebas

Synonyms:

Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Amoebida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Amoebida"):

genus Amoeba (protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water)

Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae (a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract)

ameba; amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)

Holonyms ("Amoebida" is a member of...):

Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)

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