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end•a•me•ba
Pronunciation: (en"du-mē'bu), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -baePronunciation: (-bē), [key] -bas.
Biol.
any protozoan of the genus
Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.
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