Raillietina

Translingual

Etymology

Named after French veterinarian and helminthologist Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet +‎ -ina (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Raillietina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Davaineidae – armed cyclophyllidean tapeworms of which the adults are parasitic in birds, rodents, or rarely humans and the larvae are parasitic in various insects.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Cyclophyllidea - order; Davaineidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Raillietina australis, Raillietina beveridgei, Raillietina celebensis, Raillietina cesticillus, Raillietina chiltoni, Raillietina coreensis, Raillietina dromaius, Raillietina echinobothrida, Raillietina hymenolepidoides, Raillietina mahnerti, Raillietina micracantha, Raillietina mitchelli, Raillietina saudiae, Raillietina sonini, Raillietina tetragona, Raillietina tunetensis - selected species

References

• Raillietina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Raillietina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Raillietina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Raillietina at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Raillietina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.