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Amoeba vs Sporozoan - What's the difference?

amoeba | sporozoan |

As nouns the difference between amoeba and sporozoan

is that amoeba is a member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia while sporozoan is any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria.

amoeba

English

(wikipedia amoeba)

Alternative forms

* ameba,

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  • (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  • sporozoan

    English

    Noun

    (sporozoa)
  • Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa , that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria