genus costia

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of flagellate protoctist (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	costia, costia necatrix,
definition	:	a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order polymastigina, polymastigina,
definition	:	small usually parasitic flagellates (noun.animal)