Troglotrema
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole formed by gnawing”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation, aperture, orifice”).
Proper noun[edit]
Troglotrema n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Troglotrematidae – small spiny egg-shaped digenetic trematodes.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Troglotremata - suborder; Troglotrematidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Troglotrema acutum, Troglotrema mustelae, Troglotrema salmincola (now often Nanophyetus salmincola) - species
References[edit]
- Troglotrema at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- “Troglotrema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.