nnoun.animalstrictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasitesSynset:Sporozoa class Sporozoa
Member Holonyms:Protozoa phylum Protozoa
Hypernyms:class
Inherited Hypernyms:sporozoaclasstaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:Acnidosporidia subclass Acnidosporidia Cnidosporidia subclass Cnidosporidia genus Plasmodium sporozoan Telosporidia subclass Telosporidia
nnoun.animalparasitic spore-forming protozoanMember Holonyms:Sporozoa class Sporozoa
Hypernyms:protozoan protozoon
Inherited Hypernyms:sporozoanprotozoanprotoctistmicroorganismorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Plasmodium vivaxactinomyxidiancoccidiumeimeriagregarinehaemoproteidhaemosporidianhaplosporidianleucocytozoanleucocytozoonmalaria parasitemerozoitemicrosporidianmyxosporidianpiroplasmplasmodiumsarcocystideansarcocystieiansarcosporidiansporozoitetrophozoite
Full Hyponyms:actinomyxidiancoccidiumgregarinehaemoproteidhaemosporidianhaplosporidianleucocytozoanmerozoitemicrosporidianmyxosporidianpiroplasmplasmodiumsarcosporidiansporozoitetrophozoite