noun
parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
• Hypernyms: ↑sporozoan
• Member Holonyms: ↑Haplosporidia, ↑order Haplosporidia
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I. \\| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ridēən\ adjectiveEtymology: New Latin Haplosporidia + English -an
: of or relating to the order Haplosporidia
II. noun
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: a member of the order Haplosporidia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.