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protozoan

/proh-tuh-zoh-uhn/US // ˌproʊ təˈzoʊ ən //UK // (ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊən) //

原生动物,原生动物类,原生动物学,原生生物

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

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

    • : any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

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Examples

  • Horses, sheep, dogs, and other animals are also affected with diseases caused by the same group of Protozoan parasites.

  • This disease is caused by a Protozoan parasite, a trypanosome, which is transmitted from one host to another by the tsetse-fly.

  • The shelly agglomerates of these Protozoan Rhizopods constitute now very important rocks.

  • Naturally in the early protozoan colonies, and in forms like hydra, these functions predominated.

  • This is the blastula stage occurring universally in all Metazoa, probably representing an ancestral Protozoan colony in phylogeny.