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Noun: haemosporidian
  1. Minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
    "Haemosporidians include the parasites that cause malaria"

Type of: sporozoan

Part of: Haemosporidia, order Haemosporidia