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Definition of Genus hexamita
1. Noun. Flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds.
Exact synonyms: Hexamita
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Order Polymastigina, Polymastigina
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Order Polymastigina, Polymastigina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hexamita
Literary usage of Genus hexamita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1880)
"The typical representative of this genus, Hexamita intestinalis (PI. VII. figs.
18-20), occurs abundantly in that prolific hunting-ground for parasitic ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1882)
"... genus Hexamita. Though the more abundant evidence since adduced has sufficed
to demonstrate that it belongs essentially to the ..."