MICROSPORIDIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

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

Mycrosporidia; order Mycrosporidia (an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia)

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