Giardia

See also: giardia

Translingual

Giardia intestinalis

Etymology

Named after French biologist Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846–1908) + -ia.

Proper noun

Giardia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexamitidae – freshwater diplomonad flagellates.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Excavata - infrakingdom; Metamonada - phylum; Eopharyngea - class; Diplomonadida - order; Hexamitidae - family; Giardiinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Giardia agilis, Giardia ardeae, Giardia cati, Giardia cricetidarum, Giardia intestinalis, Giardia microti, Giardia muris, Giardia peramelis, Giardia psittaci - selected species

Further reading

Giardia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Giardia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Giardia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

English

Noun

Giardia (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of giardia

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