Protozoa
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
Word Origin
- protozoa
- protozoa: [19] Greek prótos meant ‘first’ (like English first and Latin prīmus ‘first’ it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *pro ‘before, in front’). It forms the basis of a wide range of English words, both original Greek compounds and post-classical formations, among them protagonist [17] (etymologically the ‘first or leading actor’), protein, protocol, proton [20], protoplasm [19], and prototype [17]. Protozoa itself was coined in modern Latin by the zoologist Goldfuss in 1818 from proto- and Greek zóia ‘animals’ (source of English zoo), the notion being that the protozoa are the simplest or most primitive forms of life.=> zoo
- Protozoa (n.)
- 1828, from Modern Latin Protozoa, coined 1818 by German zoologist Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) from Greek protos "first" (see proto-) + zoia, plural of zoion "animal" (see zoo). Originally including sponges and corals; current sense is from 1845. Related: Protozoon (aingular); Protozoan.
Example
- 1. Two new marine sessile peritrichous ciliates ( protozoa , ciliophora )
- 2. The culture collection of algae and protozoa .
- 3. Researchers had thought that only single-celled organisms such as prokaryotes and protozoa could live in the oxygen-deprived environments of the deepest ocean .
- 4. As long as the water is clear enough not to absorb the rays , exposing it to a discharge lamp will destroy the dna of viruses , bacteria and protozoa that could otherwise cause illness when swallowed .
- 5. The present paper introduced a broad outline of the diversity of protozoa on the globe , the position in the biology and the relation to the human being .