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Hexamita

noun

flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds

• Syn: ↑genus Hexamita

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polymastigina, ↑order Polymastigina

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\\hekˈsaməd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hexa- + -mita (from Greek mitos thread) — more at dimity

: a genus (the type of the family Hexamitidae) of binucleate zooflagellates having six anterior and two trailing flagella and including free-living forms as well as intestinal parasites of birds (as H. meleagridis) and of salmonid fishes (as H. salmonis) that are associated with enteritides — compare giardia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.