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[syn: Gregarinida, order Gregarinida]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gregarinae \Greg`a*ri"n[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina
the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.]
(Zool.)
An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic
in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When
adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus,
but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they
are am[oe]biform; -- called also Gregarinida, and
Gregarinaria.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gregarinida \Greg`a*rin"i*da\
Gregarin[ae].
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gregarinida
n 1: an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Gregarinida,
order Gregarinida]