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ENDAMOEBIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract

Synonyms:

Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Meronyms (members of "Endamoebidae"):

Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba (the type genus of the family Endamoebidae)

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

Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina (the animal order including amoebas)

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