Definitions for coccidia

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coccidia coc·cid·i·um

Spelling: [kok-sid-ee-uh m]

IPA: /kɒkˈsɪd i əm/

Coccidia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in coccidia (acccdiio).

Definitions for coccidia

noun

1. any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.

Origin of coccidia

New Latin Coccidium, originally a genus name; see coccus, -idium

Examples for coccidia

That coccidia are not always killed by exposure to the sun is shown by their survival on the sites of old chicken yards.

For this reason he regards them as Gregarines rather than coccidia.