ak|nīdəspōˈridēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from a- (II) + cnid- (from Greek knidē nettle) + -sporidia
: a subclass of Sporozoa comprising a number of forms of questionable relationship including the orders Sarcosporidia and Haplosporidia all having simple spores formed in a manner unlike that of the Telosporidia
• ac·ni·do·spo·rid·i·an ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ēən adjective or noun