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EIMERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eimeria mean?
• EIMERIA (noun)
The noun EIMERIA has 1 sense:
1. parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
Familiarity information: EIMERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
coccidium; eimeria
Hypernyms ("eimeria" is a kind of...):
sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)
Holonyms ("eimeria" is a member of...):
Coccidia; order Coccidia (an order in the subclass Telosporidia)
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