Ameba vs Bacteria - What's the difference?
ameba | bacteria |
(us)
English plurals
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium
* {{quote-book, 2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations
, passage=Anaerobic bacteria' function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic '''bacteria''' require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these ' bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter
(US, proscribed)
(pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus
As nouns the difference between ameba and bacteria
is that ameba is an alternative spelling of lang=en while bacteria is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.ameba
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Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* Amoeba is the usual spelling of this word in the US.Anagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----bacteria
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Etymology 1
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