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GENUS GIARDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Giardia mean? 

GENUS GIARDIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS GIARDIA has 1 sense:

1. flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebratesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS GIARDIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GIARDIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Giardia" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Giardia"):

giardia (a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans)

Holonyms ("genus Giardia" is a member of...):

order Polymastigina; Polymastigina (small usually parasitic flagellates)


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