Amoeba is a genus of protozoa, a type of single-celled organism. Alternate meanings: Amoeboid, Amoebozoa For other uses, see Amoeba (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about: Protozoa Protozoa (in Greek proto = first and zoa = animals) are single-celled eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have nuclei) that commonly show characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Amoeba can also refer to:

• Amoeba distributed operating system
• Amoeba Music, an independent music chain
• Rogue Amoeba, a software company
• Amoeba (mathematics), a certain type of set
• Amoeba (band), an experimental music group with Robert Rich and Rick Davies
• Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin (AMOEBA), a device that can form letters in a pool of water
• The contemporary British Poet, John Hegley, has a poem entitled Amoeba.
• The Adolescents have a song titled "Amoeba"
• Jon Scieszka's book, Science Verse, had a poem called Amoeba