gregarinian

Variant of gregarine

gregarine definition

grega·rine (greg′ə rēn′, -rīn′, -rin)

noun

any of a subclass (Gregarinia) of sporozoan protozoans that are parasites in the digestive tract of insects, crustaceans, earthworms, etc.

Etymology: < ModL Gregarina < L gregarius (see gregarious): name suggested by L. Dufour, 19th-c. Fr zoologist

adjective

of or pertaining to these protozoans
also gregarinian greg′a·rin′·ian (greg′ə rin′ē ən)

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