单词 | echinococcus |
释义 | > as lemmasechinococcus echinococcus n. Brit. , U.S. Zoology., a former genus of acephalocysts (see acephalocyst n.) or hydatids, now known to be the scolex or higher larval form of a species of tapeworm, hence called Tænia Echinococcus (formerly T. nana). [ < scientific Latin Echinococcus (1801) < echino- + ancient Greek κόκκος seed-grain (see coccus n.).] ΚΠ 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 126 (note) These may be considered rather as the Parasites of the Echinococcus. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 131 When the youngest of these can again bud off tænia-heads on its inner wall, we get the Echinococcus-form. < as lemmas |
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