Translingual

Proper noun

Hexamitidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Diplomonadida – certain flagellates that are intestinal parasites of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts, bilaterally symmetrical and somewhat oval in shape, with two nuclei.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (family): Giardiinae (Giardia, Octomitus - genera in subfamily Giardiinae); Hexamitinae (Hexamita, Spironucleus, Trepomonas - genera in subfamily Hexamitinae)