n 1  cap  :  a genus of oval ciliates (order Holotricha) that are included in a single species (I. multifiliis) and are parasitic in the skin of various freshwater fishes where they encyst and multiply causing a severe and sometimes fatal inflammation  2  :  ICH .
 
 
 
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