Water protozoan (6)
I believe the answer is:
amoeba
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">water protozoan</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for amoeba that I've seen before include "little creature" , "Protozoan of ever-changing shape" , "Constantly-changing one-celled creatures" , "Microscopic animal found in water" , "parasitic type" .)