sporozoan

English edit

Etymology edit

Sporozoa +‎ -an

Noun edit

sporozoan (plural sporozoans)

Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria

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