protozoan
nounAny of numerous chiefly single-celled eukaryotic organisms, most of which move about freely and ingest food, including the amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and apicomplexans. Protozoa along with certain algae, oomycetes, and some other groups make up the protists.
First, lowest, simplest, or most primitive, as an animal; of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
nounA member of the Protozoa; a protozoön.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to the
Any of the diverse group of
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
nounany of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
adjectiveof or relating to the Protozoa
