PIROPLASM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

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

Babesiidae; family Babesiidae (piroplasms and cattle pathogens)

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