SPOROZOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sporozoa mean? 

• SPOROZOA (noun)
  The noun SPOROZOA has 1 sense:

1. strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites

  Familiarity information: SPOROZOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOROZOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Sporozoa; Sporozoa

Hypernyms ("Sporozoa" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Sporozoa"):

sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

subclass Telosporidia; Telosporidia (parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites)

genus Plasmodium (type genus of the family Plasmodiidae)

Acnidosporidia; subclass Acnidosporidia (a subclass of Sporozoa)

Cnidosporidia; subclass Cnidosporidia (single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates)

Holonyms ("Sporozoa" is a member of...):

phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)