protozoan

English

Etymology

From translingual Protozoa +‎ -an, equivalent to proto- +‎ -zoan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ.təˈzəʊ.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ.təˈzoʊ.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊən
• Hyphenation: pro‧to‧zo‧an

Noun

protozoan (plural protozoa or protozoans)

1. (cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.

Synonyms

• protozooid
• protozoon

Hyponyms

• Thesaurus:protozoan

Translations

any of a diverse group of eukaryotes

• Afrikaans: protosoön
• Armenian: նախակենդանի (hy) (naxakendani)
• Catalan: protozou m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原生動物／原生动物 (zh) (yuánshēng dòngwù)

• Czech: prvok (cs) m
• Finnish: alkueläin (fi)
• French: protozoaire (fr) m
• German: Protozoon n
• Hungarian: egysejtű (hu)
• Icelandic: frumdýr (is) n
• Irish: prótasón m
• Italian: protozoo (it)
• Korean: 원생동물(原生動物) (ko) (wonsaengdongmul)
• Macedonian: праживотно n (praživotno)
• Maori: hātare pītautahi
• Polish: pierwotniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: protozoário (pt) m
• Russian: просте́йшее живо́тное (prostéjšeje živótnoje)
• Spanish: protozoo (es) m, protozoario
• Tagalog: mulhay
• Welsh: protosoad m

Adjective

protozoan (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

Derived terms

• protozoal
• protozoic

Translations

pertaining to a protozoan

• French: protozoaire (fr) m or f
• Irish: prótasónach
• Portuguese: protozoário (pt)
• Spanish: protozoario
• Tagalog: mulhayin