Dicrocoelium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκροος (díkroos, “forked, cloven”) + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body; intestines”) + Latin -um (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Dicrocoelium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dicrocoeliidae – certain parasitic liver flukes.
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; Gorgoderoidea – superfamily; Dicrocoeliidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dicrocoelium chinensis, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Dicrocoelium hospes, Dicrocoelium orientalis - selected species
Derived terms
References
- Dicrocoelium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Dicrocoelium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Dicrocoelium at National Center for Biotechnology Information