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GENUS ENDAMOEBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Endamoeba mean?
• GENUS ENDAMOEBA (noun)
The noun GENUS ENDAMOEBA has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the family Endamoebidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ENDAMOEBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Endamoebidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba
Hypernyms ("genus Endamoeba" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Endamoeba"):
Endamoeba histolytica (the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings)
Holonyms ("genus Endamoeba" is a member of...):
Endamoebidae; family Endamoebidae (a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract)
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