protozoon
Noun
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Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (synset 101392148)
is a type of: protoctist - any of the unicellular protistssubtypes:
- 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; foraminifershas: cytostome - mouth of a protozoansame as: protozoan
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