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COSTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does costia mean? 

COSTIA (noun)
  The noun COSTIA has 1 sense:

1. a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasisplay

  Familiarity information: COSTIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COSTIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

costia; Costia necatrix

Hypernyms ("costia" is a kind of...):

flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("costia" is a member of...):

genus Costia (a genus of flagellate protoctist)


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