Sporozoa

[ spawr-uh-zoh-uh, spohr- ]

noun

1. the protist phylum (or animal class) comprising the sporozoans.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sporozoa¹

From New Latin; sporo-, -zoa

Example Sentences

To Sir E. Ray Lankester is due the honour of discovering the first Haemosporidian, a discovery which did not take place until after most of the other kinds of Sporozoa were known.

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The same considerations apply indeed to the larger parasitic organisms among Sporozoa, such as Gregarines and Myxosporidia and Dolichosporidia, which are giants among Protozoa.

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The Sporozoa included in this order are characterized by the general simplicity of their development, and by the undifferentiated character of their spores.

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ECTOSPORA, a homogeneous and natural division of Protozoan parasites included under the Sporozoa; they comprise the three orders, Gregarines, Coccidia and Haemosporidia.

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The great class of the Protozoa furnish amoebae, members of Sporozoa and Infusoria.

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