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    SPOROZOA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasitesplay

    Synonyms:

    class Sporozoa; Sporozoa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Sporozoa" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Sporozoa"):

    sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

    subclass Telosporidia; Telosporidia (parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites)

    genus Plasmodium (type genus of the family Plasmodiidae)

    Acnidosporidia; subclass Acnidosporidia (a subclass of Sporozoa)

    Cnidosporidia; subclass Cnidosporidia (single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates)

    Holonyms ("Sporozoa" is a member of...):

    phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)

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