ACNIDOSPORIDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acnidosporidia mean? 

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

1. a subclass of Sporozoa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACNIDOSPORIDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A subclass of Sporozoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acnidosporidia; subclass Acnidosporidia

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Acnidosporidia"):

order Sarcosporidia; Sarcosporidia (imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates)

Haplosporidia; order Haplosporidia (an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia)

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

class Sporozoa; Sporozoa (strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites)