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ECHINOCOCCUS (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

• ECHINOCOCCUS (noun)

Sense 1

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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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