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MICROSPORIDIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("microsporidian" is a kind of...):
sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)
Holonyms ("microsporidian" is a member of...):
Mycrosporidia; order Mycrosporidia (an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia)