gregarine

greg·a·rine  (grg-rn)

n.

Any of various sporozoan protozoans of the order Gregarinida that are parasitic within the digestive tracts of various invertebrates including arthropods and annelids.

adj.

Of or belonging to the order Gregarinida.

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[From New Latin Gregrna, type genus, from Latin gregrius, belonging to a flock; see gregarious.]

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grega·rini·an (-rn-n) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gregarine - vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan Gregarinida, order Gregarinida - an order in the subclass Telosporidia