sporozoa

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sporozoa(n = noun.animal) class sporozoa - strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites;

is a member of phylum protozoa, protozoa

is a kind of class

sporozoa, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. spo`ros a spore + zo^,on an animal.].

An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida. [1913 Webster]