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microsporidium . (Does in micro - and the Gr. sp?, seed, with suf. Dim. -? d?). 1. adj. Zool. Subtype of intracellular protozoans, very small, with tiny spores, parasites of other animals and causing particularly serious epidemics in insects, crustaceans and fish. U t. c. s. 2. m. pl. Zool. Taxon of these animals. O RTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.