Diplozoonn.
/dɪpləʊˈzəʊɒn/ Zoology.
A genus of trematode worms, parasitic on the gills of fishes; the mature organism is double, consisting of two individuals (Diporpæ) fused together in the form of an X.
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1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. 355 One [parasitic worm] first discovered by Dr. Nordmann upon [the gills] of the bream..to which he has given the name of Diplozoon or Double animal.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 32/1 This animal corresponds..with the half of the Diplozoon.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 650 The cones and suckers fuse completely; in other respects, however, the two Diporpæ which make up a single Diplozoon are independent of one another.
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