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naturalists referred to Amoeba as the Proteus animalcule after the Greek godProteus who could change his shape. The name "amibe" was given to it by Bory de Saint-Vincent,[3] from the Greek amoibè (αμοιβή), meaning change.[4]

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There are not any listed nicknames for amoeba. They are unicellular organisms that do not have a certain shape and that belong to the protozoa kingdom.

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The name amoeba comes from the greek word amoibe which means change.

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"tiny single celled organism"

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eukaryote

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