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BABESIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piroplasms and cattle pathogens
Synonyms:
Babesiidae; family Babesiidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Babesiidae" is a kind of...):
protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Babesiidae"):
genus Babesia; genus Piroplasma (type genus of the family Babesiidae)
piroplasm (minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals)
Holonyms ("Babesiidae" is a member of...):
Haemosporidia; order Haemosporidia (an order in the subclass Telosporidia)