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FAMILY BABESIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Piroplasms and cattle pathogens

Synonyms:

Babesiidae; family Babesiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Babesiidae" is a kind of...):

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "family Babesiidae"):

genus Babesia; genus Piroplasma (type genus of the family Babesiidae)

piroplasm (minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals)

Holonyms ("family Babesiidae" is a member of...):

Haemosporidia; order Haemosporidia (an order in the subclass Telosporidia)

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