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Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma
Translingual
Proper noun
Trypanosoma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastea), a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa having a spindle-shaped body with an undulating membrane on one side and a single flagellum, which infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including the fatal sleeping sickness in humans..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Trypanosoma equiperdum - selected species; for other species see Trypanosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies