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Webster 1913 Edition

Sporozoa

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Spoˊro-zo′a

(-zō′ȧ)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr.

σπόροσ

a spore +

ζῶ,ον

an animal.]

(Zool.)

An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.