protozoon

[ proh-tuh-zoh-on, -uhn ]
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noun,plural pro·to·zo·a [proh-tuh-zoh-uh]. /ˌproʊ təˈzoʊ ə/.

Origin of protozoon

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Singular of Protozoa

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How to use protozoon in a sentence

  • In Europe a peculiar ciliated protozoon (Trichodina spongill) is found attached to the external surface of freshwater sponges.

  • For we may look at this matter in another light, and say our exuberant protozoon has shed a daughter, and remains.

  • I dissent quite from what you say of the myriads of years it would take to people the world with such imagined protozoon.

  • This protozoon secretes a shell about itself which has a characteristic shape, and often carries spines.

  • Now, if so, how long would it take to obtain an elephant from a protozoon or even from a tadpole-like fish?

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