Echinococcus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From English echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + English -coccus (“spherical microorganism”), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Proper noun edit
Echinococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Taeniidae – tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Cyclophyllidea - order; Taeniidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis - selected species
Descendants edit
- → English: echinococcus
References edit
Echinococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Echinococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Echinococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Echinococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- “Echinococcus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
