COCCIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coccidium mean? 

• COCCIDIUM (noun)
  The noun COCCIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCCIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coccidium; eimeria

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

sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

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

Coccidia; order Coccidia (an order in the subclass Telosporidia)