protozoan
English
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Etymology
[edit]From translingual Protozoa + -an, equivalent to proto- + -zoan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊ.təˈzəʊ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹoʊ.təˈzoʊ.ən/
- Rhymes: -əʊən
- Hyphenation: pro‧to‧zo‧an
Noun
[edit]protozoan (plural protozoa or protozoans)
- (cytology) 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.
- Synonyms: protozoon, protozooid, Protozoa (formerly taxonomic name)
- Hypernyms: protist < eukaryote < organism
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:protozoan
- Coordinate terms: metazoan (eukaryotic, multicellular); prokaryote (noneukaryotic, unicellular)
Translations
[edit]any of a diverse group of eukaryotes
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See also
[edit]- animal, animalcule (both formerly construed as hypernymous, but not in current taxonomy)
Adjective
[edit]protozoan (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to a protozoan
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