Echinococcus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) +‎ English -coccus (“spherical microorganism”), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) +‎ κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”). === Proper noun === Echinococcus m 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. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass; Cestoda – infraclass; Cyclophyllidea – order; Taeniidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis - selected species ==== Descendants ==== → English: echinococcus === References === Echinococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Echinococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Echinococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Echinococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information “Echinococcus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.