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Babesiidae

noun

piroplasms and cattle pathogens

• Syn: ↑family Babesiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Haemosporidia, ↑order Haemosporidia

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Babesia, ↑genus Piroplasma, ↑piroplasm

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\\ˌbabəˈzīəˌdē, -zē-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Babesia, type genus + -idae

: a family of Haemosporidia comprising minute parasites of the red blood cells of mammals that are transmitted from host to host by the bite of a tick intermediate host and cause certain destructive diseases of domestic animals — see babesia, piroplasm, theileria

Useful english dictionary. 2012.