echinococcus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɒkəs
Noun
echinococcus (plural echinococci)
- (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
Translations
parasite
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “echinococcus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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