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sporozoan definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: parasitic spore-forming protozoan

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin Sporozoa, from spor- + -zoa Date: 1888 any of a large class (Sporozoa) of strictly parasitic nonmotile protozoans that have a complex life cycle usually involving both asexual and sexual generations often in different hosts and include important pathogens (as malaria parasites and babesias) • sporozoan adjective