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ECHINOCOCCUS
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Irregular inflected form: echinococci
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Classified under:
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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