English Explanatory Dictionary

sporozoan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

sporozoan sporozoans

Etymology

Sporozoa + -an

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