echinococcus

n. [动]棘球绦虫

发音

US /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/

词形变化

echinococci 复数 echinococci

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be 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.

    古体 生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

tapeworm cestode

词源

Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).

来源：wiktionary