Fasciola

See also: fasciola

Translingual

Fasciola hepatica

Etymology

From Latin fasciola (“small bandage of the leg”), from fascia (“band, bandage, swathe”) +‎ -ola (feminine diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

Fasciola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolidae – certain parasitic trematodes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Echinostomata - suborder; Echinostomatoidea - superfamily; Fasciolidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola hepatica (common liver fluke), Fasciola jacksoni - selected species

Derived terms

• Fasciolidae
• Fascioloidea
• Fasciolopsis

Further reading

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