Protozoan Definition

-ŏn
protozoa, protozoans, protozoan
noun
Any of a subkingdom (Protozoa) of microscopic animals made up of a single cell or a group of more or less identical cells and living in water or as parasites, including ciliates, flagellates, rhizopods, and sporozoans.
Webster's New World
Any of numerous chiefly single-celled eukaryotic organisms, most of which move about freely and ingest food, including the amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and apicomplexans. Protozoans along with certain algae, oomycetes, and some other groups make up the protists.
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adjective
Of the protozoans.
Webster's New World
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Protozoan

Noun

Singular:
protozoan
Plural:
protozoa, protozoans

Origin of Protozoan

  • From New Latin Prōtozōa former subkingdom name proto– -zōa pl. of -zōon -zoon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin Prōtozōa former subkingdom name proto– -zōa pl. of -zōon -zoon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin Protozoa +"Ž -an

    From Wiktionary

Protozoan Sentence Examples

  • This is the blastula stage occurring universally in all Metazoa, probably representing an ancestral Protozoan colony in phylogeny.

  • Giardiasis is caused by the protozoan Giardia lamblia which infects the small intestine.

  • In other words, under the heading Sporozoa, as at present used, are included two entirely independent series of Protozoan parasites; the general resemblances which these exhibit are due to convergence brought about by their specialized mode of life.

  • Particular interests include waterborne bacteria, viruses and protozoan parasites.

  • He used flasks of different species of the protozoan paramecium, which eats bacteria.

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