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Meaning of PROTOZOON

Pronunciation:  `prowtu'zowân

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
 
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 Synonyms: protozoan
 
 See Also: arcella, ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran, cytostome, difflugia, euglena, flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore, phylum Protozoa, plantlike flagellate, protoctist, Protozoa, rhizopod, rhizopodan, sarcodine, sarcodinian, sporozoan

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro`to*zo"["o]n\ (-[o^]n), n.; pl. {Protozoa}. [NL.]
(Zo["o]l.)
   (a) One of the Protozoa.
   (b) A single zooid of a compound protozoan.
 

 

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