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Definitions of protozoa in various dictionaries:
noun - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom
noun - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
noun - a unicellular microscopic organism
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| The goal is a website for each of 1.8 million species, including this phylum's dinoflagellates & ciliates |
| The name of these single-celled organisms is from the Greek for "first animals" |
| In 1674 Anton van Leeuwenhoek's obsession with lenses paid off; he discovered these, from the Latin for "first animal" |
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| a phylum or grouping of phyla which comprises the single-celled microscopic animals, which include amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, and many other forms. They are now usually treated as a number of phyla belonging to the kingdom iProtistai. |
| in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom comprises flagellates ciliates sporozoans amoebas foraminifers |
| A phylum or grouping of phyla which comprises the single-celled microscopic animals, which include amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, and many other forms. They are now usually treated as a number of phyla belonging to the kingdom Protista. |
| Plural form of protozoan. |
| Plural form of protozoon. |
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Protozoa (also protozoan, plural protozoans) is an informal term for single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, which feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris. Historically, the protozoa were regarded as "one-celled animals", because they often possess animal-like behaviors, such as motility and predation, and lack a cell wall, as found in plants and many algae. Although the traditional practice of grouping of protozoa with animals is no longer considered valid, the term continues to be used in a loose way to identify single-celled organisms that can move independently and feed by heterotrophy. * In some systems of biological classification, Protozoa is a high-level taxonomic group. When first introduced in 1818, Protozoa was erected as a taxonomic class, but in later classification schemes it was elevated to a variety of higher ranks, including phylum, subkingdom and kingdom. In a series of classifications proposed by Thomas Cava |