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Webster 1913 Edition
Sporozoa
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Spoˊro-zo′a
(-zō′ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
σπόροσ
a spore + ζῶ,ον
an animal.] (Zool.)
An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.
Definition 2024
Sporozoa
Sporozoa
See also: sporozoa
Translingual
Proper noun
Sporozoa
- A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Apicomplexa – the sporozoans.
Hypernyms
- (infraphylum): Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum; Apicomplexa - subphylum
See also
- Aconoidasida
- Coccidea
- Gregarinea
- Hematozoa
- Piroplasmea