Definitions
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- noun Any of many
parasites , of the classMicrosporidia , that are very smallfungi
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
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Examples
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To the left there is the microsporidian parasite Buxtehudea scaniae, surrounded by a mitochondrion of the cell it's mooching off of.
Archive 2007-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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To the left there is the microsporidian parasite Buxtehudea scaniae, surrounded by a mitochondrion of the cell it's mooching off of.
Appellation spring Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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