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Amoeba vs Algae - What's the difference?

amoeba | algae |

As nouns the difference between amoeba and algae

is that amoeba is a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia while algae is irregular plural of alga.

amoeba

English

(wikipedia amoeba)

Alternative forms

* ameba,

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  • (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.

    • algae

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (alga)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    alga

    English

    (wikipedia alga)

    Noun

    (algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----