-_sōˈmad.əˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Trypanosomat-, Trypanosoma, type genus + -idae
: a family of strictly parasitic more or less slender and elongated uniflagellate protozoans (order Protomonadina) having a single nucleus and a kinetoplast that includes serious pathogens of man and domestic animals usually having complex host relations — see crithidia , herpetomonas , leishmania , leptomonas , phytomonas , trypanosoma