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Definition of "Echinococcus"

Echinococcus

  • proper noun

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Taeniidae – tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen.  

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