Plagiorchis
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πλάγῐος (plágĭos, “placed sideways, athwart”) + ὄρχῐς (órkhĭs, “testicle”).
Proper noun
Plagiorchis
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plagiorchiidae – digenetic trematodes including parasites of the oviducts or intestine of various wild and domesticated birds and of the intestine of mammals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass; Trematoda – infraclass; Plagiorchiida – order; Xiphidiata – suborder; Plagiorchioidea – superfamily; Plagiorchiidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Plagiorchis vespertilionis - type species
