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Answer for the clue "Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates ", 9 letters:
coccidium

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coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. coccidia . (Microbiol.) any sporozoan of the order Coccidia , parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates. It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a problem in poultry rearing. ...

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n. parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates [syn: eimeria ]