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Hepatozoon
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Translingual
thumb|Hepatozoon species in the blood of reptiles. (See source information at Wikimedia Commons.)
Etymology
From New Latin, from mul grc:ἧπαρ<t:liver> ἧπᾰρ, ἥπᾰτ- grc:ζῷον<t:animal, beast>, reflecting an obligate en liver#Noun-dwelling phase of the parasites' lifecycles.
Proper noun
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genus family Hepatozoidae family certain Apicomplexa alveolates incorporating many species of obligate intraerythrocytic parasites
Hypernyms
genus ; Adeleorina suborder - suborder; Hepatozoidae family - family
Hyponyms
genus Hepatozoon muris species - type species
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