gregarine
(noun) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gregarine (plural gregarines)
Any of various sporozoan protozoans that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.
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Source: Wiktionary
Greg`a*ri"nae, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of 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; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.
Greg"a*rine, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ.
– n.
Definition: One of the Gregarinæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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