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Answer for the clue "Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic ", 9 letters:
protozoon

Word definitions for protozoon in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context cytology English) A protozoan.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protozoon \Pro`to*zo"["o]n\ (-[o^]n), n.; pl. Protozoa . [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Protozoa. A single zooid of a compound protozoan.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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.