protozoon
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1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | protoctist, |
definition | : | any of the unicellular protists (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | sarcodine, sarcodinian, |
definition | : | protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | rhizopod, rhizopodan, |
definition | : | protozoa characterized by a pseudopod (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | arcella, |
definition | : | an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | difflugia, |
definition | : | a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | euglena, |
definition | : | minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | plantlike flagellate, |
definition | : | unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | sporozoan, |
definition | : | parasitic spore-forming protozoan (noun.animal) |
part holonym | : | cytostome, |
definition | : | mouth of a protozoan (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | phylum protozoa, protozoa, |
definition | : | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers (noun.animal) |
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