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Definition: Protozoon |
ProtozoonNoun1. Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Protozoon \Pro`to*zo"["o]n\ (-[o^]n), noun; plural Protozoa. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ProtozoonSynonym: protozoan (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Protozoon |
| Specialty definitions using "protozoon": Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ♦ Euglena gracilis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Protozoon" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (protozoa, protozoan, protozoon), Latin (Antibodies, Protozoan, Antigens, Protozoan, DNA, Protozoan, Genes, Protozoan, Genes, Structural, Protozoan, Genome, Protozoan, protozoan, Protozoan Infections, Protozoan Infections, Animal, Protozoan Proteins, protozoon, RNA, Protozoan). |
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 | Balantidium coli cyst with Trichuris egg inside. Unstained wet mount. Protozoon, roundworm, nematode, parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Endolimax nana trophozoite. Ameba, protozoon, parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | Iodamoeba bütschlii cyst. Chlorazol black stain. Protozoon, ameba, parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Blood smear showing Babesia rings in erythrocytes. Protozoon, parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | Entamoeba histolytica cyst. Chlorazol black stain. Ameba, protozoon, parasite. Credit: CDC. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Protozoon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Protozoon" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "protozoon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 原"动物 (Protozoa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | protozo (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | protozoon (protozoan), protozoön, protozo (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkueläin (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protozoaire (m,pl), protozoaire (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Protozoon (protozoa, protozoan), Protozoen (protozoa, protozoan, protozoans), urtierchen (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτόζωο (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבחי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protozoo (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otozoonpray protozoário. (various references) простейший (primary, protozoa, protozoan, simplest of). (various references) protozoo (protozoan). (various references) tek hücreli hayvan (infusorian, unicellular animal). (various references) одноклітинний (protozoan, protozoic, single-celled, unicellular), наипростіша тварина (protozoan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | protozoon. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "protozoon": protozoons. (additional references) | |
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"Protozoon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: potoroo, Protasov, protocone, protosun, protosuns, protozoic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "protozoon" (pronounced 'Pro`to*zo"["o]n'): Actinozoon, LAOCOON, Metazoon, Phytozoon, Polyzoon, Spermatoon, Zoon. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "n-o-o-o-o-p-r-t-z" | |
-3 letters: pronto, proton. | |
-4 letters: porno, troop, trooz. | |
-5 letters: onto, orzo, poon, poor, porn, port, root, roto, toon, torn, toro, trop, zoon. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-o-o-o-o-p-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: protozoons. | |
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