endamoeba

English Thesaurus

1. the type genus of the family Endamoebidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	endamoeba histolytica,
definition	:	the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	endamoebidae, family endamoebidae,
definition	:	a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract (noun.animal)