Echinococcus
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Echinococcus granulosus
Translingual
Etymology
From English echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + English -coccus (“spherical microorganism”), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Proper noun
Echinococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the 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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass; Cestoda – infraclass; Cyclophyllidea – order; Taeniidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis - selected species
Descendants
- → English: echinococcus
References
Echinococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Echinococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Echinococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Echinococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- “Echinococcus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
