PHYLUM PROTOZOA
Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Protozoa mean?
• PHYLUM PROTOZOA (noun)
The noun PHYLUM PROTOZOA has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
Familiarity information: PHYLUM PROTOZOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHYLUM PROTOZOA (noun)
Meaning:
In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
phylum Protozoa; Protozoa
Hypernyms ("phylum Protozoa" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "phylum Protozoa"):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
class Sarcodina; Sarcodina (characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda)
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora (protozoa having flagella)
class Sporozoa; Sporozoa (strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites)
Holonyms ("phylum Protozoa" is a member of...):
kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)
