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- Latin · derived fromgregārius“herd-like”
- English todaygregarine
From Latin gregārius (“herd-like”).
Words from the same roots
Latingregārius all →
gregarious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gregarine
Today it means: Any of various sporozoan protozoans (subclass Gregarinasina) that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates. Full definition →
Latin gregārius