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ECHINOCOCCUS (echinococci)
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Irregular inflected form: echinococci
Dictionary entry overview: What does echinococcus mean?
• ECHINOCOCCUS (noun)
The noun ECHINOCOCCUS has 1 sense:
1. tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Familiarity information: ECHINOCOCCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("echinococcus" is a kind of...):
cestode; tapeworm (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)
Holonyms ("echinococcus" is a member of...):
genus Echinococcus (tapeworms)
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