gregarine: Meaning and Definition of

greg•a•rine

Pronunciation: (greg'u-rīn", -ur-in), [key]
— n.
  1. a type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.
—adj.
  1. having the characteristics of or pertaining to a gregarine or gregarines.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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