Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

More definitions
  • of or relating to the Protozoa

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The amoeba is a protozoan.

    Амеба належить до найпростіших. — deniko

  2. An amoeba is a protozoan.

    ruАмёба относится к простейшим. — marafon

  3. Infectious diseases are caused by prions, viruses, rickettsia, chlamydia, bacteria, pathogenic fungi and protozoa.

    deAnsteckende Krankheiten werden verursacht durch Prionen, Viren, Rickettsien, Chlamydien, Bakterien, pathogene Pilze und Protozoen. — Zaghawa

  4. The parasite is a one-cell protozoa like ones you might have seen under a classroom microscope, floating around in fluid.

  5. The researcher's team chose to study 10 common species of the ciliated protist – or protozoa microorganisms – because of their ability to reproduce.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From translingual Protozoa + -an, equivalent to proto- + -zoan.

From translingual Protozoa + -an, equivalent to proto- + -zoan.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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