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Protozoon

Protozoon \Pro`to*zo"["o]n\ (-[o^]n), n.; pl. Protozoa. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. One of the Protozoa.

  2. A single zooid of a compound protozoan.

Wiktionary
protozoon

n. (context cytology English) A protozoan.

WordNet
protozoon

n. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic [syn: protozoan]

Usage examples of "protozoon".

Now, if so, how long would it take to obtain an elephant from a protozoon or even from a tadpole-like fish?

It is spread from person to person by the bite of the tsetse fly, which carries the protozoon and is famous for that reason.

That was the gastrula, the protozoon, primeval form of all animal life, primeval form of flesh-borne beauty.