Protozoon

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An individual or a species of Protozoa; a protozoan.
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  • noun. One of the Protozoa.
  • noun. A single zooid of a compound protozoan.
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  • noun. A protozoan.
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  • noun. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
    • Word Usage
    "The malarial haematozoon is a protozoon, a very small protozoon since it lives and develops in the red blood cells which in man have a diameter of only 7 microns."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protoctist  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    arcella  ciliate  ciliated protozoan  ciliophoran  difflugia  
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