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gregarinae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gre-gari-nae
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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 amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida , and Gregarinaria .

Questions

What does gregarinae mean?
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 amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida , and Gregarinaria .

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