Protozoan

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  • noun. Any of numerous chiefly single-celled eukaryotic organisms, most of which move about freely and ingest food, including the amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and apicomplexans. Protozoa along with certain algae, oomycetes, and some other groups make up the protists.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • First, lowest, simplest, or most primitive, as an animal; of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
  • noun. A member of the Protozoa; a protozoön.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the protozoa.
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  • noun. Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
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  • noun. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
  • adjective. of or relating to the Protozoa
    • Word Usage
    "Well, I suppose a protozoan could be a protagonist, added Charlotte."
    Form
    protozoal  protozoic  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bilbaoan  Bowen  Cohen  Minoan  Owen  
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    protozoon  
    variant
    protozoa  
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