Definisjon av protozoan

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Noun

protozoan - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
protozoon
protoctist any of the unicellular protists
phylum protozoa, protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
sarcodine, sarcodinian protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
rhizopod, rhizopodan protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
arcella an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella
difflugia a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains
ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
euglena minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
plantlike flagellate unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae
sporozoan parasitic spore-forming protozoan
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Substantiv

protozoan - 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.

Adjektiv

protozoan - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

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  • protozoan
    A diverse phylum of eukaryotic microorganisms; the structure varies from a simple uninucleate protoplast to colonial forms, the body is either naked or covered by a test, locomotion is by means of pseudopodia or cilia or flagella, there is a tendency toward universal symmetry in floating species and radial symmetry in sessile types, and nutrition may be phagotrophic or autotrophic or saprozoic.

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