NYCTOTHERUS
\nˈɪktəðəɹəs], \nˈɪktəðəɹəs], \n_ˈɪ_k_t_ə_ð_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
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A protozoon of the phylum Ciliata and the order Heterotricha, being a bean-shaped organism with a large peristome and a macronucleus. The various species are parasitic in the intestines of Amphibia, Insecta, and Myriapoda, but N. faba has been found in the diarrheal discharges of man. Other species known in man are N. giganteus and N. africanus.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
