Heterakis
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Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Heterakis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Heterakidae – certain nematodes parasitic upon galloanseran birds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Rhabditida – order; Spirurina - suborder; Ascaridomorpha - infraorder; Heterakoidea - superfamily; Heterakidae - family; Heterakinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Heterakis gallinarum, Heterakis isolonche, Heterakis dispa, Heterakis vesicularis - selected species
References
Heterakis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Heterakidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Heterakis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
