Onchocerca
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – parasitic roundworms that cause river blindness.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder; Filarioidea - superfamily; Onchocercidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Onchocerca armillata, Onchocerca boehmi, Onchocerca borneensis, Onchocerca cervicalis, Onchocerca cervipedis, Onchocerca dewittei, Onchocerca dukei, Onchocerca eberhardi, Onchocerca fasciata, Onchocerca flexuosa, Onchocerca gibsoni, Onchocerca gutturosa, Onchocerca jakutensis, Onchocerca lienalis, Onchocerca lupi, Onchocerca microfilariae, Onchocerca ochengi, Onchocerca ramachandrini, Onchocerca skrjabini, Onchocerca suzukii, Onchocerca takaokai, Onchocerca volvulus - selected species
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Onchocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Onchocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Onchocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Onchocerca at National Center for Biotechnology Information