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SPOROZOA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
Synonyms:
class Sporozoa; Sporozoa
Classified under:
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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