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Furia infernalis
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Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
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Etymology
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From
Latin
furia
(
“
fury
”
)
+
īnfernālis
(
“
infernal
”
)
, coined by
Linnaeus
.
Proper noun
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Furia
infernalis
f
(
obsolete
)
An erroneous species created for a nonexistent
worm
considered to account for an unidentified stinging sensation in humans and fatalities in reindeer now attributed to
cestode
parasites.