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SARCOCYSTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia

Synonyms:

genus Sarcocystis; Sarcocystis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Sarcocystis"):

sarcocystidean; sarcocystieian; sarcosporidian (parasite of the muscles of vertebrates)

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

order Sarcosporidia; Sarcosporidia (imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates)

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