genus babesia

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   type genus of the family Babesiidae

   Synonymsgenus Piroplasma

   Broaderprotoctist genus

   Part ofBabesiidae

Questions about genus babesia

What does genus babesia mean?

genus babesia means "type genus of the family Babesiidae".

What is another word for genus babesia?

Close synonyms include genus Piroplasma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus babesia a common word?

genus babesia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.