Brugia

Named after Dutch parasitologist Steffen Lambert Brug +‎ -ia.

Brugia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – a group of small roundworms that cause filariasis.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Rhabditida – order; Spirurina – suborder; Spiruromorpha – infraorder; Filarioidea – superfamily; Onchocercidae – family

• (genus): Brugia buckleyi, Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi, Brugia patei, Brugia timori - selected species

• Brugia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brugia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Brugia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Borrowed from Dutch Brugge, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ɡja/

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• Rhymes: -uɡja
• Syllabification: Bru‧gia

Brugia f

1. Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium)

• Brugia in Polish dictionaries at PWN