trichomonad

English Thesaurus

1. cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore,
definition	:	a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus trichomonas,
definition	:	flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans (noun.animal)