Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun costia_necatrix
1 sense of costia necatrix
Sense 1
costia, Costia necatrix -- (a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis)
=> flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore -- (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)