GENUS CHLAMYDIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Chlamydia" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chlamydia"):

chlamydia (coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract)

Holonyms ("genus Chlamydia" is a member of...):

Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae (Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates)

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