COSTIA NECATRIX

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Meaning:

A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis

Synonyms:

costia; Costia necatrix

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Costia necatrix" is a kind of...):

flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("Costia necatrix" is a member of...):

genus Costia (a genus of flagellate protoctist)

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