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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates;
[syn: coccidium, eimeria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

coccidium \coccidium\ n.; 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. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coccidium n 1: parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates [syn: coccidium, eimeria]