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Gregarinae


Gregˊa-ri′næ

,
p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.
Gregarina
the typical genus, fr. L.
gregarius
. See
Gregarious
.]
(Zool.)
An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; – called also
Gregarinida
, and
Gregarinaria
.

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Gregarinae

Gregarinae

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Gregarinae

  1. (archaic) A taxonomic order within the kingdom Protozoa – allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform.

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