Gregarinae

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, plural of Gregarina, on Latin model

Proper noun

Gregarinae

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the kingdom Protozoa – allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform.

Synonyms

(order): Gregarinida, Gregarinaria

Related terms

References

“Gregarinae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“Gregarinae”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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