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protozoans

protozoans is the plural of protozoan.

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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Questions about protozoans

What is protozoans the plural of?
Protozoans is the plural of protozoan.

Words near protozoans in the dictionary

  1. protozeugma
  2. protozeugmenon
  3. protozoa
  4. protozoal
  5. protozoan
  6. protozoans
  7. protozoea
  8. protozoean
  9. protozoic
  10. protozoite
  11. protozoites

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