myxosporidia

English Thesaurus

1. an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal order,
definition	:	the order of animals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	myxosporidian,
definition	:	mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cnidosporidia, subclass cnidosporidia,
definition	:	single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates (noun.animal)