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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The smaller anterior one of the two cells of a dicystidan or septate gregarine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

Etymologies

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proto- +‎ -mere +‎ -ite

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