Plural of protozoan
irregular plural
The plural of protozoan is protozoa or protozoans.
Forms of protozoan
| Singular | protozoan /ˌpɹəʊ.təˈzəʊ.ən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | protozoa protozoans |
| Countable | countable |
Protozoa and protozoans in a sentence
- Eighty percent of the bluelined snapper were infected with protozoa in the spleen.2008, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States, page 6. From the entry bluelined
- Experiments looking at the barotolerances of protozoa isolated from macroaggregates from different depths may throw some light on this enigma.2013, P.C. Reid, Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes, page 323. From the entry barotolerance
- Captured prey also constitute the resource base for a community of inquiline bacteria, protozoa, and invertebrates that inhabit the water-filled pitchers.1998, Stephen B. Heard, “Capture rates of invertebrate prey by the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L.”, in The American Midland…. From the entry inquiline
- Important infectious diseases in man and animals are caused by protozoa; e.g., malaria, amœbic dysentery, trypanosomiasis, piroplasmosis, and possibly yellow and scarlet fever.1907, Ludvig Hektoen, chapter I, in Modern Medicine, volume II, Lea Brothers & Co., page 19. From the entry amœbic
- We are sending a part at least of our vast new army to the American tropics, where our men will be exposed to these lethal viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.1942, Charles Morrow Wilson, Ambassadors in White: The Story of American Tropical Medicine, Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, published…. From the entry virusproof
Meaning of protozoan
- noun Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
Other irregular plurals
Questions about the plural of protozoan
- What is the plural of protozoan?
- The plural of protozoan is protozoa or protozoans.
- Which is correct, protozoa or protozoans?
- Both are used. protozoa is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is protozoan countable?
- Protozoan is a countable noun.
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