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Haemoproteidae

noun

bird parasites

• Syn: ↑family Haemoproteidae

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Haemosporidia, ↑order Haemosporidia

• Member Meronyms: ↑haemoproteid, ↑Haemoproteus, ↑genus Haemoproteus, ↑genus Leucocytozoon, ↑genus Leucocytozoan

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\\ˌhēmō(ˌ)prōˈtēəˌdē, ˌhem-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of Haemosporidia related to the malarial parasites but having the schizogenous phases typically in visceral endothelium of various birds and including the two genera Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon

Useful english dictionary. 2012.