Gregarinae

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New Latin, plural of Gregarina, on Latin model

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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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