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Definition of Gregarinida
1. Noun. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Telosporidia, Telosporidia
Member holonyms: Gregarine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gregarinida
Literary usage of Gregarinida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"Although hitherto the gregarinida have not been observed either in human beings
or vertebrate animals, they must not be entirely omitted here, because they ..."
2. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"gregarinida. 410. A very curious animal.parasite is often to be met with in the
intestinal canal of Earthworms, Insects, etc., and sometimes in that of ..."
3. Text-book of Zoology for Junior Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1888)
"The three principal groups ot tne Protozoa are known as the gregarinida, the
Rhizopoda, and the Infusoria. The Sponges will be here regarded as a special ..."
4. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"SECTION YL THE gregarinida. THESE are parasitic protozoa, which are more or less
worm-like in form. ..."