MICROSPORIDIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microsporidian mean? 

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

1. parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSPORIDIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)

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

Mycrosporidia; order Mycrosporidia (an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia)