coc·cid·ia
n pl 1 cap : a large order of schizogonic telosporidian sporozoans typically parasites of the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates and including several forms of great economic importance - see CRYPTOSPORIDIUM EIMERIA HAEMOGREGARINA ISOSPORA 2 : sporozoans of the order Coccidia coc*cid*i*al adj
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