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GENUS GIARDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Giardia mean?
• GENUS GIARDIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GIARDIA has 1 sense:
1. flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
Familiarity information: GENUS GIARDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Giardia" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Giardia"):
giardia (a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans)
Holonyms ("genus Giardia" is a member of...):
order Polymastigina; Polymastigina (small usually parasitic flagellates)
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