| 释义 |
ba·be·si·i·dae
\ˌbabəˈzīəˌdē, -zē-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Babesia, type genus + -idae
: a family of Haemosporidia comprising minute parasites of the red blood cells of mammals that are transmitted from host to host by the bite of a tick intermediate host and cause certain destructive diseases of domestic animals — see babesia, piroplasm, theileria |