genus hexamita

1. 1.

   flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds

   SynonymsHexamita

   Broaderprotoctist genus

   Part ofPolymastigina

Questions about genus hexamita

What does genus hexamita mean?

genus hexamita means "flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds".

What is another word for genus hexamita?

Close synonyms include Hexamita. 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 hexamita a common word?

genus hexamita 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.