GREGARINE

gregarine

(noun) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

gregarine (plural gregarines)

Any of various sporozoan protozoans that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.

Anagrams

• regearing

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