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protozoa

protozoa is the plural of protozoan.

protozoa is the plural of protozoon.

Meaning of protozoan

Noun

protozoan (plural protozoa or protozoans)

  1. 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.

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Meaning of protozoon

Noun

protozoon (plural protozoa)

  1. A protozoan.

Questions about protozoa

What is protozoa the plural of?
Protozoa is the plural of protozoan.

Words near protozoa in the dictionary

  1. protoxylems
  2. protoyonogenin
  3. protoyuccoside
  4. protozeugma
  5. protozeugmenon
  6. protozoa
  7. protozoal
  8. protozoan
  9. protozoans
  10. protozoea
  11. protozoean

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