FAMILY ENDAMOEBIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Endamoebidae mean? 

• FAMILY ENDAMOEBIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ENDAMOEBIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ENDAMOEBIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ENDAMOEBIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae

Hypernyms ("family Endamoebidae" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Meronyms (members of "family Endamoebidae"):

Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba (the type genus of the family Endamoebidae)

Holonyms ("family Endamoebidae" is a member of...):

Amoebida; Amoebina; order Amoebida; order Amoebina (the animal order including amoebas)