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GENUS TAENIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Taenia mean?

• GENUS TAENIA (noun)
The noun GENUS TAENIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms

Familiarity information: GENUS TAENIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS TAENIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Taenia" is a kind of...):

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Taenia"):

taenia (tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host)

Holonyms ("genus Taenia" is a member of...):

family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)

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