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Echinococcus
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Translingual
thumb|Echinococcus granulosus species
Etymology
From mul echino- -coccus en sea urchin, prickle en spherical microorganism, from mul grc - grc ἐχῖνος κόκκος hedgehog, sea urchin grain, seed 1.
Proper noun
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genus family Taeniidae tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Echinococcus granulosus species, Echinococcus multilocularis species - selected species
Descendants
en echinococcus 1
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