protozoa
IPA: proʊtʌzˈoʊʌ
Root Word: Protozoa
noun
- (singular protozoon or protozoan, plural protozoa or protozoans) an informal term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris.
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Examples of "protozoa" in Sentences
- The protozoan is an ectoparasite.
- The protozoan is larger than the sandfly.
- Certainly, the protozoan is not a vertibrate.
- This protozoan is another parasite of the monarch.
- His life's study was of the protozoan group Paramecium.
- The compounds are useful in the treatment of protozoan diseases.
- Balantidium is the only ciliated protozoan known to infect humans.
- It is an animal like protist, or protozoan which feeds on bacteria.
- Theileriidae is a family of parasitic protozoans in the Piroplasmida order.