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protozoan
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the Protozoa [syn: protozoal , protozoic ] n. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic [syn: protozoon ] [also: protozoa (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protozoan \Pro`to*zo"an\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa . -- n. One of the Protozoa.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan. n. (context cytology English) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another parasitic protozoan is Myxobolus, this one causing fatal internal cysts and highly resistant to treatment. ▪ Aside from the larger ectoparasites, you will need access to a microscope if you are to identify bacteria and ...
Usage examples of protozoan.
Earth, the single-celled prokaryote protozoans, are essentially immortal in that a cell of that type will never stop dividing and die unless something kills it.
At first glance, he appears to be an ordinary, motile protozoan, remarkable chiefly for the speed and directness with which he swims from place to place, engulfing fragments of wood finely chewed by his termite host.
Since comparative anatomists and physiologists have revealed the structure of animals and the functions of their organs, from the lowest protozoan to the highest vertebrate, the physician may avail himself of this knowledge, and thus gain a deeper insight into the structure and physiology of man.
Giantism in beetle larvae is an extended phenotypic effect of protozoan genes.
One of these symbiotic microorganisms is a protozoan named polymastigote, which moves around only because spirochete bacteria attach to it like tiny outboard motors.
Each handful contains millions of bacteria, fungi and algae from countless species, and the protozoans, springtails and nematodes that feed on them.
This plain had looked the same when the first protozoans began swimming in terrestrial oceans.
Maybe we should pray we find something more advanced than lazy protozoans first.
The screen held what might be a nightmare of some child who had played with a lab microscopea monstrous, amoebalike protozoan.
Cree'Ar had produced plants and protozoans that were creating an arable zone, gleefully chowing down on soil toxins that would've killed everything but fefze beetles.
In addi tion, there's a wonderfully variegated protozoan population, with a dominant ciliate type much like Pammoecium, plus various Sarcodines, the usual spread of phyto-flagellates, and even a phosphorescent species I wouldn't have expected to see anywhere but in salt water.
In addition, there's a wonderfully variegated protozoan population, with a dominant ciliate type much like Pammoecium, plus various Sarcodines, the usual spread of phyto-flagellates, and even a phosphorescent species I wouldn't have expected to see anywhere but in salt water.
Once let his fellow amoeboids get their pseudopods on him again, and he was a gone protozoan.
The beginnings of male pattern baldness, easily treated with follicle protozoans, sent a different message: He didn't much care what he looked like.
Her father was a nitrogen cycle engineer, her mother a protozoan ecology specialist: they'd lived on the station since she was four, part of the team charged with keeping the life-support heart of the huge orbital complex pumping away.