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coccidium
CIDE DICTIONARY
coccidium, n.
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]
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