Hexamita

noun

Hex·​am·​i·​ta hek-ˈsam-ət-ə 

: a genus (the type of the family Hexamitidae) of binucleate zooflagellates that include free-living forms as well as intestinal parasites of birds (as H. meleagridis) and of salmonid fishes (as H. salmonis) that are associated with enteritides