nnoun.animalin some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifersSynset:Protozoa phylum Protozoa
Member Holonyms:Protoctista kingdom Protoctista
Hypernyms:phylum
Inherited Hypernyms:protozoaphylumtaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:Ciliata Ciliophora class Ciliata class Ciliophora Flagellata Mastigophora class Flagellata class Mastigophora protozoan protozoon Sarcodina class Sarcodina Sporozoa class Sporozoa
nnoun.animalany of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticSynset:protozoan protozoon
Derivationally Related Form:protozoan
Member Holonyms:Protozoa phylum Protozoa
Hypernyms:protoctist
Inherited Hypernyms:protozoanprotoctistmicroorganismorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:arcellaciliateciliated protozoanciliophorandifflugiaeuglenaflagellateflagellate protozoanflagellated protozoanmastigophoranmastigophoreplantlike flagellaterhizopodrhizopodansarcodinesarcodiniansporozoan
Part Meronyms:cytostome
Full Hyponyms:actinomyxidianactinopodamebaarcellaciliatecoccidiumcostiadifflugiadinoflagellateendamebaendamoeba histolyticaeuglenaflagellateforamgiardiaglobigerinagregarinehaemoproteidhaemosporidianhaplosporidianheliozoanhypermastigoteinfusorianleishmanialeucocytozoanmerozoitemicrosporidianmyxosporidiannoctilucanummuliteparameciumperidinianpiroplasmplantlike flagellateplasmodiumpolymastigoteradiolarianrhizopodsarcodiniansarcosporidiansporozoansporozoitestentortestaceantetrahymenatrichomonadtrophozoitevorticellazoomastigote