释义 |
echi·no·coc·cus \“+ˈkäkəs\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from echin- + -coccus 1. capitalized : a genus of tapeworms (family Taeniidae) that alternate a minute adult usually having no more than three proglottids and living as a harmless commensal in the intestine of dogs and other carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and man, and acting as a serious often fatal pathogen 2. plural echinococ·ci : any worm of the genus Echinococcus; sometimes : hydatid |