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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites;
[syn: Sporozoa, class Sporozoa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sporozoa \Spo`ro*zo"a\ (-z[=o]"[.a]), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. spo`ros a spore + zo^,on an animal.] (Zool.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sporozoa n 1: strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites [syn: Sporozoa, class Sporozoa]