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sporozoan
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NOUN
animal
sporozoan
parasitic
spore
-
forming
protozoan
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sporozoan
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> noun 1, animal
Meaning
Parasitic
spore
-
forming
protozoan
.
Member of
Sporozoa
,
class Sporozoa
strictly
parasitic
protozoans
that are
usually
immobile
Narrower
actinomyxidian
parasites
of
worms
coccidium
,
eimeria
Parasitic on the
digestive
epithelium
of vertebrates and higher
invertebrates
gregarine
vermiform
protozoans
parasitic in
insects
and other
invertebrates
haemoproteid
related
to
malaria parasite
and having a phase in the
viscera
of various
birds
haemosporidian
minute
protozoans
parasitic at some
stage
/
stage
of the
life cycle
in
blood cells
of vertebrates including many
pathogens
haplosporidian
parasite
in
invertebrates
and lower vertebrates of no
known
economic importance
leucocytozoan
,
leucocytozoon
Parasitic in
birds
merozoite
A
cell
that arises from the
asexual
division
of a parent
sporozoan
during its
life cycle
microsporidian
parasite
of
arthropods
and
fishes
that
invade
and destroy
host
cells
myxosporidian
Mostly parasitic in
fishes
and including various
serious
pathogens
piroplasm
minute
parasite
of
red blood cells
of
mammals
transmitted
by a
tick
and causing
diseases
of
domestic animals
plasmodium
,
Plasmodium vivax
,
malaria parasite
Parasitic
protozoan
of the
genus Plasmodium
that causes
malaria
in
humans
sarcosporidian
,
sarcocystidean
,
sarcocystieian
parasite
of the
muscles
of vertebrates
sporozoite
One of the
minute
active
bodies
into which
sporozoans
divide
in one
stage
of their
life cycle
trophozoite
A
sporozoan
in the
active
feeding
stage
/
stage
of its
life cycle
Broader
protozoan
,
protozoon
Any of
diverse
minute
acellular
or
unicellular
organisms
usually
nonphotosynthetic
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