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ENDAMOEBA
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Irregular inflected form: endamoebae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Endamoebidae
Synonyms:
Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Endamoeba" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Endamoeba"):
Endamoeba histolytica (the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings)
Holonyms ("Endamoeba" is a member of...):
Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae (a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract)
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