echinococcus Hear it!

echinococcus definition

echi·no·coc·cus (ē kī′nō käk′əs, ek′i nō-)

noun

any of a genus (Echinococcus) of tapeworms that cause disease in mammals

Etymology: ModL < echino- + -coccus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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