Protozoan

What do we mean by protozoan?

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. noun

First, lowest, simplest, or most primitive, as an animal; of or pertaining to the Protozoa.

A member of the Protozoa; a protozoön. noun

Of or pertaining to the protozoa. adjective

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. noun

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan. adjective

Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic noun

Of or relating to the Protozoa adjective

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word protozoan. Define protozoan, protozoan synonyms, protozoan pronunciation, protozoan translation, English dictionary definition of protozoan.

Words that are spelled similarly to protozoan:
protozoan, protozoa, protozoon, protozoal, protozoic, protozoans.

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Words that rhyme with protozoan:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe protozoan:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective protozoan:
parasites, diseases, infections, predation, ancestors, grazing, organisms, disease, bacterivory, cells, cysts, plankton, ecology, agents, biomass, vacuoles, diarrhea, cycles, rates, populations, infection, parasite, protozoa, forms, regeneration, parasitism, colonization, age.

Consonant match to protozoan:
protozoa in.

Words that sound like protozoan:
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