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Halteridium

(hawl'tĕ-rid'ē-ŭm),

Former name for Haemoproteus.

[G. haltēres, weights held in the hand in leaping]

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Halteridium

Obsolete designation for Haemoproteus spp, a genus of sporozoans parasitic to reptiles and birds.

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