Definition of "amebae" []

• Plural form of ameba, a variant of amoeba. (noun)

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• "As far as I'm concerned, they might as well be amebae."
• "They also focus on how deadly pathogens such as malaria and related parasites use rhomboid proteases to infect human cells, and how parasitic amebae use rhomboids to evade the immune system."