Associations to the word «Gregarine»

Wiktionary

GREGARINE, noun. Any of various sporozoan protozoans, that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.

Dictionary definition

GREGARINE, noun. Vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats