genus chlamydia

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1. type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria genus,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chlamydia,
definition	:	coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	chlamydiaceae, family chlamydiaceae,
definition	:	Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates (noun.animal)