protozoa
protozoa is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. Note: The entire animal consists of a single cell which is variously modified; but in many species a number of these simple zooids are united together so as to form a compound body or organism, as in the Foraminifera and Vorticellæ. The reproduction takes place by fission, or by the breaking up of the contents of the body after encystment, each portion becoming a distinct animal, or in other ways, but never by true eggs. The principal divisions are Rhizopoda, Gregarinæ, and Infusoria. See also Foraminifera, Heliozoa, Protoplasta, Radiolaria, Flagellata, Ciliata.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- albumen
- anabolism
- anatomy
- animated
- antherozoid
- bacteriology
- biology
- bioplasm
- biotaxy
- botany
- chemistry
- chromosome
- cytoplasm
- gamete
- germinal
- history
- invagination
- living
- matter
- metabolism
- metaplasm
- microbiology
- morphology
- mycology
- natural
- naturalist
- nature
- oecology
- ontogeny
- organic
- organism
- organization
- ovary
- ovum
- oxidation
- phylogeny
- physiology
- polymorphism
- production
- protein
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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