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haemosporidian

haemosporidian noun: any parasitic protozoa of the order Haemosporida.

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

Forms of haemosporidian

pluralhaemosporidians
pluralhaemosporidia

Questions about haemosporidian

What does haemosporidian mean?
Haemosporidian means any parasitic protozoa of the order Haemosporida.
What part of speech is haemosporidian?
Haemosporidian is a noun.
What is the plural of haemosporidian?
The plural of haemosporidian is haemosporidians.

Words near haemosporidian in the dictionary

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

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