"echinococcus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/ [General-American] Forms: echinococci [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkəs Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Echinococcus}} translingual Echinococcus, {{af|en|echino-|-coccus|t1=sea urchin, prickle|t2=spherical microorganism}} echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”) Head templates: {{en-noun|echinococci}} echinococcus (plural echinococci)
  1. (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Flatworms Translations (parasite): échinocoque [masculine] (French), εχινόκοκκος (echinókokkos) [masculine] (Greek)

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