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TRICHOMONAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trichomonad mean?
• TRICHOMONAD (noun)
The noun TRICHOMONAD has 1 sense:
1. cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
Familiarity information: TRICHOMONAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("trichomonad" 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 ("trichomonad" is a member of...):
genus Trichomonas (flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans)
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