[医] 簇虫类

[ noun ]
an order in the subclass Telosporidia
<noun.animal>

Gregarinae \Greg`a*ri"n[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina the
typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See {Gregarious}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of 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 am[oe]biform; -- called also {Gregarinida}, and
{Gregarinaria}.


Gregarinida \Greg`a*rin"i*da\
Gregarin[ae].