sporozoa (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Sporozoa*:
NOUN	animal	Sporozoa, class Sporozoa	strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile

English > *Sporozoa*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites.
Synonym	class Sporozoa
Member of	Protozoa, phylum Protozoa	In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom
Members	Acnidosporidia, subclass Acnidosporidia	A subclass of Sporozoa
	Cnidosporidia, subclass Cnidosporidia	Single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
	Telosporidia, subclass Telosporidia	Parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
	genus Plasmodium	type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
	sporozoan	Parasitic spore-forming protozoan
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	esporozoos
Catalan	esporozoos

HyperDic: sporozoa