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  1. 1. n. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. 2. (Zoöl.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. Source: webster
  6. 6. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union ofamoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds n. parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans Source: ecdict

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