Coccidium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. {coccidia}. (Microbiol.)
     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 +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coccidium
       n : parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and
           higher invertebrates [syn: {eimeria}]