family babesiidae

English Thesaurus

1. piroplasms and cattle pathogens (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist family,
definition	:	any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus babesia, genus piroplasma,
definition	:	type genus of the family Babesiidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	piroplasm,
definition	:	minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	haemosporidia, order haemosporidia,
definition	:	an order in the subclass Telosporidia (noun.animal)