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English
Etymology
From kinetoplast + -id.
Noun
kinetoplastid (plural kinetoplastids)
- Any of a group of parasitic flagellate protozoa, of the class Kinetoplastea, responsible for several diseases in humans and animals
Translations
group of parasitic protozoa