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/muy'kreuh zoh"on, -euhn/, n., pl. microzoa /-zoh"euh/.a microscopic animal, esp. a protozoan.[1860-65; MICRO- + -ZOON]
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microzoon
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microzoon — n. [Gr. mikros, small; zoon, animal] A microscopic animal … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
microzoon — A microscopic form of the animal kingdom; a protozoon. [micro + G. zoon, animal] * * * mi·cro·zo·on (mi″kro zoґon) pl. microzoґa [micro + Gr. zōon animal] a microscopic animal organism. Cf. microphyte … Medical dictionary
microzoon — n. microscopic animal … English contemporary dictionary
microzoon — mi·cro·zo·on … English syllables
microzoon — … Useful english dictionary
microphyte — mi·cro·phyte mī krə .fīt n a microscopic plant (as a bacterium, fungus, or alga) mi·cro·phyt·ic .mī krə fit ik adj * * * mi·cro·phyte (miґkro fīt) [micro + phyte] a microscopic vegetable organism. Cf. microzoon … Medical dictionary
microzoa — mi·cro·zoa .mī krə zō ə n pl microscopic animals and esp. protozoans also microscopic animal life mi·cro·zo·an zō ən adj or n * * * mi·cro·zoa (mi″kro zoґə) plural of microzoon … Medical dictionary
