coccidia

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coccidia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. coccidia. (Microbiol.)
     any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the
     digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
     It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a
     problem in poultry rearing.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

coccidia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Coccidia
      n 1: an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Coccidia,
           order Coccidia]