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ORDER AMOEBIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The animal order including amoebas
Synonyms:
Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Amoebida" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order Amoebida" is a member of...):
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)