Gastrodiscus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin gaster (“belly”) + discus (“quoit; dish”), from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + δίσκος (dískos, “quoit”).
Proper noun
Gastrodiscus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Gastrodiscidae – certain amphistome trematodes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Trematoda – class; Digenea – subclass; Echinostomida – order; Paramphistomata – suborder; Gastrodiscidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus - species