We've been pronouncing this word incorrectly: it's not
ameeba, it's
amoybay. See
here: 'early naturalists referred to Amoeba as the
Proteus animalcule after the Greek god Proteus who could change his shape. The name "amibe" was given to it by Bory de Saint-Vincent, from the Greek
amoibè (αμοιβή), meaning change.'
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