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PIROPLASM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("piroplasm" is a kind of...):
sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)
Holonyms ("piroplasm" is a member of...):
Babesiidae; family Babesiidae (piroplasms and cattle pathogens)