Dicrocoelium

Translingual

Adult Dicrocoelium dendriticum

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

1. 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

• Dicrocoeliidae

 

References

• Dicrocoelium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dicrocoelium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dicrocoelium at National Center for Biotechnology Information