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Of or pertaining to the Gregarinae.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the Gregarinae.
  2. n. One of the Gregarinae.
  3. n. vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
  4. 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. Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ. -- n. One of the Gregarinæ.
  5. Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ.-- n.
  6. n vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates