An amoeba is a protozoan.
Source: tatoeba (2885249)
Protozoan
//ˌpɹoʊ.təˈzoʊ.ən//
Synonyms for "protozoan" (8 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- protosoön noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Armenian
1 entries- նախակենդանի noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Catalan
1 entries- protozou noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原生動物 /原生动物 noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Czech
1 entries- prvok noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Finnish
1 entries- alkueläin noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
French
2 entries- protozoaire adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- protozoaire noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
German
1 entries- Protozoon noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Hungarian
1 entries- egysejtű noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Icelandic
1 entries- frumdýr noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Irish
2 entries- prótasónach adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- prótasón noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Italian
1 entries- protozoo noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Japanese
1 entries- 原生動物 noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Korean
1 entries- 원생동물 noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Macedonian
1 entries- праживотно noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Māori
1 entries- hātare pītautahi noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Polish
2 entries- pierwotniakowy adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- pierwotniak noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Portuguese
2 entries- protozoário adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- protozoário noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Russian
1 entries- просте́йшее живо́тное noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Spanish
4 entries- protozoario adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- protozoo adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- protozoario noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
- protozoo noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Tagalog
2 entries- mulhayin adj (pertaining to a protozoan)
- mulhay noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Vietnamese
1 entries- động vật nguyên sinh noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
Welsh
1 entries- protosoad noun (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes)
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The amoeba is a protozoan.
Source: tatoeba (4251312)
The numbers of each organism varied from day to day in a way that showed conclusively the essentially trophic nature of the protozoan population.
Source: tatoeba (11676124)
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