protozoa

1. 1.

   in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers

   Synonymsphylum Protozoa

   Broaderphylum

   Part ofProtoctista

Other forms of protozoa

plural

protozoas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about protozoa

What does protozoa mean?

protozoa means "in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers".

How many syllables are in protozoa?

protozoa has 4 syllables: pro-to-zo-a. The stress falls on "zo". In IPA it is /ˌpɹoʊtəˈzoʊə/.

What is another word for protozoa?

Close synonyms include phylum Protozoa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is protozoa a common word?

protozoa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with protozoa?

1 word rhymes with protozoa. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.