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noun
A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tapeworm, cestode
History
Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
