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COSTIA NECATRIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Costia necatrix mean?
• COSTIA NECATRIX (noun)
The noun COSTIA NECATRIX has 1 sense:
1. a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
Familiarity information: COSTIA NECATRIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
costia; Costia necatrix
Hypernyms ("Costia necatrix" is a kind of...):
flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)
Holonyms ("Costia necatrix" is a member of...):
genus Costia (a genus of flagellate protoctist)
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