An alternate spelling or variant form of amoebaean, meaning relating to amoebas or having amoeba-like qualities.
From 'amoeba' plus adjectival suffix, with this variant using '-ean' instead of '-ean'. The variant spellings reflect different conventions in scientific terminology.
Multiple spellings of the same term are common in older scientific literature because there were no universal standards—researchers just spelled things phonetically based on their native language, creating delightful chaos.
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