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microsporidians

microsporidians is the plural of microsporidian.

Meaning of microsporidian

Noun

microsporidian (plural microsporidians or microsporidia)

  1. Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi.
    • Bulnheim subsequently observed that either of two parasitic microsporidians, Octosporea effeminans and Thelohania herediteria, were invariably associated with the thelygeny.1983, James J. Bull, Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms, page 94
    Synonyms:
    microsporidium

Questions about microsporidians

What is microsporidians the plural of?
Microsporidians is the plural of microsporidian.

Words near microsporidians in the dictionary

  1. microsporic
  2. microsporid
  3. microsporidia
  4. microsporidial
  5. microsporidian
  6. microsporidians
  7. microsporidioses
  8. microsporidiosis
  9. microsporidium
  10. microsporids
  11. microsporocarp

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