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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, see poly-, and Cystidea.
Proper noun
Polycystidea
- (obsolete, zoology) A division of Gregarinia including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.
- (obsolete, zoology) A species of large brown algae, Cystophora polycystidea found in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
Usage notes
- Taxonomic revisions and the adoption of standardized suffixes for naming biological entities appear to have rendered the name of this "division" obsolete. The intended organism appears to be a parasitic amoeba-like protozoan in the subclass Telosporea rather than the flatworm family Polycystidae.
References
- “Polycystidea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “Cystidea”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.