protozoan

1. Of or relating to the Protozoa (synset 302903121)
   same as: protozoal, protozoic

1. Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (synset 101392148)
   is a type of: protoctist - any of the unicellular protists
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: phylum protozoa, protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
   has: cytostome - mouth of a protozoan
   same as: protozoon

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