'Sporozoa' definitions:
Definition of 'Sporozoa'
(from WordNet)
noun
Strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites [syn: Sporozoa, class Sporozoa]
Definition of 'Sporozoa'
From: GCIDE
- Sporozoa \Spo`ro*zo"a\ (-z[=o]"[.a]), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. spo`ros a spore + zo^,on an animal.] (Zool.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida. [1913 Webster]