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GENUS GIARDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Giardia" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Giardia"):
giardia (a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans)
Holonyms ("genus Giardia" is a member of...):
order Polymastigina; Polymastigina (small usually parasitic flagellates)