Translingual

Proper noun

Trypanosomatidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Trypanosomatida – parasites of insects that also have vertebrates as secondary hosts, some species causing sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in humans.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Blastocrithidia, Crithidia, Endotrypanum, Herpetomonas, Leishmania, Leptomonas, Paleotrypanosoma, Phytomonas, Trypanosoma, Wallaceina - genera