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gregarine
[ greg-uh-rahyn, -er-in ]
noun
- a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
adjective
- having the characteristics of or pertaining to a gregarine or gregarines.
gregarine
/ -rɪn; ˈɡrɛɡəˌriËn /
noun
- any parasitic protozoan of the order Gregarinida, typically occurring in the digestive tract and body cavity of other invertebrates: phylum Apicomplexa (sporozoans)
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Gregarinida
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gregarine1
1865–70; < New Latin Gregarina name of type, equivalent to Latin ²µ°ù±ð²µÄå°ù ( ius ) ( gregarious ) + -Ä«²Ô²¹ -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gregarine1
C19: from New Latin ³Ò°ù±ð²µ²¹°ùÄ«²Ô²¹ genus name, from Latin ²µ°ù±ð²µÄå°ùius; see gregarious
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In a private communication, however, the author states that he has probably mistaken phases in the development of an ordinary gregarine parasite in the louse for part of the life-cycle of this Haemogregarine.
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