protozoan

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
protozoan /ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊən/ Zoology

▶noun a single-celled microscopic animal of a group of phyla of the kingdom Protista, which includes amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, and sporozoans. ▶adjective relating to protozoans.

– derivatives
protozoal adjective,
protozoon noun.

– origin from mod. L. Protozoa (former phylum name), from proto- + Gk zōion ‘animal’.

'protozoan' also found in these Oxford entries:

cryptosporidium - giardiasis - globigerina - leishmania - malaria - nosema - plasmid - plasmodium - pneumocystis - sporozoan - toxoplasmosis - trichomonad - trypanosome

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