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HAEMOPROTEIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bird parasites

Synonyms:

family Haemoproteidae; Haemoproteidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Haemoproteidae"):

haemoproteid (related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds)

genus Haemoproteus; Haemoproteus (type genus of the family Haemoproteidae)

genus Leucocytozoan; genus Leucocytozoon (a genus of protoctist)

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

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

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