Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 565
THE COMMON AMCEBA. Eating a shred of water-weed by surrounding it. The leg-like pro-jections (pseudopodia, or false legs) can be extended from anypart of the body. The little amoeba can eat a plant much largerthan itself, in a methodsomewhat similar to thatof a starfish eating anoyster—by merely… … AN AMCEBA SWALLOWING A DESMID. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 553
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