echinococcus

Other forms: echinococci

Definitions of echinococcus
  1. noun
    tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
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    type of:
    cestode, tapeworm
    ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
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