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Sporozoid :: Sporozoa (n. pl.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida..

Protozoa :: Protozoa (n. pl.) The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.

Protozoon :: Protozoon (n.) One of the Protozoa.

Gemma :: Gemma (n.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell..

Stomatodaeum :: Stomatoda (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.

Protozoic :: Protozoic (a.) Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans..

Rhizopoda :: Rhizopoda (n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa..

Stomatode :: Stomatode (a.) Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.

Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division..

Ectoplasm :: Ectoplasm (n.) The ectosarc of protozoan.

Swart :: Swarmspore (n.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.

Velum :: Velum (n.) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.

Protozoan :: Protozoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.

Nucleolus :: Nucleolus (n.) A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..

Protozoa :: Protozoa (pl. ) of Protozoo.

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

Entoplastic :: Entoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced..

Zoophyta :: Zoophyta (n. pl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc..

D8gregarin91 :: d8Gregarin91 (n. pl.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria..

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