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Protozoan comes from combining the Greek words Ï€Ïώτος (protos) which means "first" and ζοιον (Zoion - which became ζώο - Zoo) which means "animal"
So in Greek, Protozoan means "first animal".
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Protozoa has two root words, proto which is Greek for "first" and zoa which is Greek for "animal".
The term protozoan comes from a greek word meaning?
proto- 'first' and zoa - 'animal'
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