spirorchid

English

Noun

spirorchid (plural spirorchids)

1. Any trematode of the family Spirorchiidae.
   • 2015 August 5, Francesco C. Origgi et al., “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, →DOI:

     Terrapene herpesvirus 1 was detected in captive eastern box turtles ( Terrapene carolina carolina ) with stomatitis and glossitis [ 31 ], whereas Terrapene herpesvirus 2 was recently identified in an eastern box turtle coinfected with a spirorchid trematode and with papillomatous growths [ 32 ].