Bdellodrilus
noun
Bdel·lod·ri·lus
de-ˈlä-drə-ləs
: a genus of small leechlike oligochaete worms parasitic on the gills of crayfishes
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek bdélla "leech" + New Latin drilus "earthworm" (sense extrapolated from Greek drîlos "penis with the foreskin withdrawn, circumcised penis")
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