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GENUS TRICHOMONAS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Trichomonas" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Trichomonas"):
trichomonad (cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds)
Holonyms ("genus Trichomonas" is a member of...):
order Polymastigina; Polymastigina (small usually parasitic flagellates)