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Entomophthora

noun
En·to·moph·tho·ra

Definition of Entomophthora 

: a genus (the type of the family Entomophthoraceae) comprising fungi that are parasitic on insects

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History and Etymology for Entomophthora

New Latin, from entom- + -phthora

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