microsporidium.
(Doesin micro - and the Gr. sp?, seed, with suf. Dim. -? d?).
1. adj. Zool. Subtype of intracellular protozoans, very small, with tiny spores, parasites of other animals and causing particularly serious epidemics in insects, crustaceans and fish. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Zool. Taxon of these animals.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
