Meaning of PROTOZOON
Pronunciation: | | `prowtu'zowân
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
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| Synonyms: | | protozoan |
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| 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 |
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| 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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