worm genus

/wərm ˌdʒinəs/

Definitions of worm genus

1. noun

   a genus of worms
   types:

   genus Sagitta

   chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms

   genus Spadella

   marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins

   Fasciola, genus Fasciola

   a genus of Fasciolidae

   Fasciolopsis, genus Fasciolopsis

   a genus of Fasciolidae

   Schistosoma, genus Schistosoma

   type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes

   genus Echinococcus

   tapeworms

   genus Taenia

   type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms

   Ascaris, genus Ascaris

   type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth

   Ascaridia, genus Ascaridia

   roundworm having a preanal sucker

   Enterobius, genus Enterobius

   pinworms

   Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Anguillula, genus Turbatrix

   a genus of Cephalobidae

   Tylenchus, genus Tylenchus

   type genus of the family Tylenchidae

   Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus

   type genus of the family Dracunculidae

   Branchiobdella, genus Branchiobdella

   type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker

   Terebella, genus Terebella

   type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles

   Polycirrus, genus Polycirrus

   genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms

   Hirudo, genus Hirudo

   type genus of the family Hirudinidae

   Haemopis, genus Haemopis

   leeches

   type of:

   genus

   (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species