Echinostomatidae
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Translingual
Etymology
From Echinostoma + -idae (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Echinostomatidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Plagiorchiida – digenetic trematode worms that are rare in man but common and widely distributed as parasites of birds and lower vertebrates and are distinguished by having the anterior end modified and armed with spines.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass; Trematoda – infraclass; Plagiorchiida – order; Echinostomata - suborder; Echinostomatoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Echinostoma - type genus; Artyfechinostomum, Baschkirovitrema, Cathaemasia, Chaunocephalus, Drepanocephalus, Echinoparyphium, Euparyphium, Hypoderaeum, Isthmiophora, Mesorchis, Moliniella, Neoacanthoparyphium, Neopetasiger, Patagifer, Pegosomum, Petasiger, Prionosoma, Protechinostoma, Rhopalias, Ribeiroia, Uroproctepisthmium - other genera
References
Echinostomatidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Echinostomatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Echinostomatidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
