1) Family babesiidae 2) Protoctist family 
A family of protozoan parasites (class Sporozoea, order Piroplasmida) occurring in the red blood cells of various mammals. The organisms are piriform, round, or oval in shape and reproduce by schizogony to form tetrads or by binary fission to form pairs in the red blood cells; transmission is effected by ticks. The family includes the genera Babesi...
Type: Term Pronunciation: ba′bē-zī′i-dē, -zē′i-dē Definitions: 1. A family of protozoan parasites (class Sporozoea, order Piroplasmida) occurring in the red blood cells of various mammals. The organisms, which are piriform, round, or oval, reproduce by schizogony to form tetrads or by binary fission to for...
[n] - piroplasms and cattle pathogens
family Babesiidae noun piroplasms and cattle pathogens