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haemosporidia

haemosporidia is the plural of haemosporidian.

Meaning of haemosporidian

Noun

haemosporidian (plural haemosporidians or haemosporidia)

  1. Any parasitic protozoa of the order Haemosporida
    • A plausible explanation is that infection with some haemosporidian species is known to have no or only a slightly negative effect on the fitness of their bird host (e.g. Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi in blackcaps [47 ] and some Plasmodium genetic lineages in great reed warblers (Acrocephalus...2015 December 15, “Spatial Isolation and Temporal Variation in Fitness and Condition Facilitate Divergence in a Migratory Divide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about haemosporidia

What is haemosporidia the plural of?
Haemosporidia is the plural of haemosporidian.

Words near haemosporidia in the dictionary

  1. haemosideroses
  2. haemosiderosis
  3. haemospasia
  4. haemospermia
  5. haemosporidan
  6. haemosporidia
  7. haemosporidian
  8. haemosporidians
  9. haemostaseology
  10. haemostases
  11. haemostasia

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