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COCCIDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order in the subclass Telosporidia

Synonyms:

Coccidia; order Coccidia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Coccidia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Coccidia"):

Eimeriidae; family Eimeriidae (a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia)

coccidium; eimeria (parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates)

Holonyms ("Coccidia" is a member of...):

subclass Telosporidia; Telosporidia (parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites)

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