Wigglesworthia

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Etymology

From English Wigglesworth (a surname) (after British entomologist Vincent Wigglesworth) +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

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  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erwiniaceae – the single species Wigglesworthia glossinidia, a gram-negative bacterium and endosymbiont of tsetse flies.

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