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ENDAMOEBA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endamoebae   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The type genus of the family Endamoebidae

Synonyms:

Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Endamoeba"):

Endamoeba histolytica (the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings)

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

Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae (a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract)

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