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CNIDOSPORIDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates

Synonyms:

Cnidosporidia; subclass Cnidosporidia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Cnidosporidia"):

Actinomyxidia; order Actinomyxidia (parasites of worms)

Mycrosporidia; order Mycrosporidia; Myxosporidia; order Myxosporidia (an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia)

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

class Sporozoa; Sporozoa (strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites)

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