Thesaurus:protozoan

Thesaurus

protozoan

English

Noun

Sense: any eukaryote of the phylum Protozoa

Synonyms

• protozoan
• protozooid
• protozoon

Hyponyms

• flagellate
• amoeboid
• sporozoan
• ciliate
•   —
• amoeba
• cryptosporidium
• euglena
• falciparum
• folliculinid
• foraminifer
• paramecium
• peritrich
• plasmodium
• trypanosomatid
• trypanosome
•   —
• trophozoite
• trophont

Hypernyms

• eukaryote    [⇒ thesaurus]
• organism    [⇒ thesaurus]
• protist

Meronyms

• macronucleus
• micronucleus
• microneme

Further reading

• “amoeba” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.