| 释义 |
end·amoe·bi·dae
\ˌendəˈmēbəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Endamoeba, type genus + -idae
: a large family of endoparasitic amoebas (order Amoebina) that invade the digestive tract of vertebrates and invertebrates and are typically passed from host to host in a resistant cyst through the medium of contaminated food or drink — compare endamoeba, entamoeba |