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| gregarine | (n) vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates |
| gregarinida | (n) an order in the subclass Telosporidia, Syn. order Gregarinida |
| gregarious | (adj) (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species, Ant. ungregarious, Example: gregarious bird species |
| gregarious | (adj) instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others, Example: he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude |
| gregarious | (adj) (of plants) growing in groups that are close together, Ant. ungregarious |
| gregariously | (adv) in a gregarious manner, Syn. sociably |
| gregariousness | (n) the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone |
| Gregal | a. [ L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd. ] Pertaining to, or like, a flock. [ 1913 Webster ] For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gregarian | a. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [ Obs. ] “The gregarian soldiers.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gregarinae | ‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious. ] (Zool.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; -- called also |
| Gregarine | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ. -- |
| Gregarinida | ‖def>Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gregarious | a. [ L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. &unr_; to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious. ] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] No birds of prey are gregarious. Ray. -- |
