coccidia
NounSynonyms:
order Coccidia
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Noun (1)
- a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida (Coccidia)Synonyms: order CoccidiaType of animal orderMember of Telosporidia, subclass TelosporidiaMembers coccidium, Eimeriidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“coccidia” is listed under coccidium.
coccidium noun; pl. coccidia (#).
Microbiol. any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates. It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a problem in poultry rearing.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54