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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: d8Gregarin91 \\"d8Greg`a*ri"n\"91\, n. pl [NL., fr Gregarina the typical genus, fr L. gregarius. See {Gregarious}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 am[oe]biform; -- called also {Gregarinida}, and {Gregarinaria}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Gregarinida n : an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: {Gregarinida}, {order Gregarinida}]
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