"sporozoan" meaning in All languages combined

See sporozoan on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sporozoans [plural]
Etymology: Sporozoa + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} sporozoan (plural sporozoans)
  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 Categories (topical): Cytology Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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