Amoebida


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Related to Amoebida: order Amoebida
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Noun1.Amoebida - the animal order including amoebasAmoebida - the animal order including amoebas  
animal order - the order of animals
Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
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
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(Amoebida, Paramoebidae) as the possible causative agent of sea urchin mass mortality in Nova Scotia.
Entamebae in the order Amoebida are anaerobic protozoa that lack mitochondria and have a nucleus with a distinct endosome (nucleolus-type organelle).
Isolation and identification of pathogenic Naegleria australiensis (Amoebida, Vahlkampfiidae) from a spa in northern Italy.