gregarine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates

WordNet

Greg`a*rni"na, Greg`a*ri"nae noun plural (Also<
  • Gregarine
  • Gregarinea
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.
Greg"a*rine adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ. -- n. One of the Gregarinæ.

Webster 1913