GENUS ECHINOCOCCUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tapeworms

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Echinococcus" is a kind of...):

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Echinococcus"):

echinococcus (tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals)

Holonyms ("genus Echinococcus" is a member of...):

family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)

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