- heterophyid
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heterophyid
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heterophyid — Common name for a member of the family Heterophyidae. * * * het·ero·phy·id fī id n any trematode worm of the genus Heterophyes or of the family (Heterophyidae) to which it belongs heterophyid adj … Medical dictionary
heterophyid — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|fīə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Heterophyidae, family of trematode worms, from Heterophyes, type genus + idae : of or relating to the genus Heterophyes or family Heterophyidae II. noun ( s) : a heterophyid worm … Useful english dictionary
Metagonimiasis — is a disease caused by an intestinal trematode, most commonly Metagonimus yokagawai, but sometimes by M. takashii or M. miyatai. The metagonimiasis causing flukes are one of two minute flukes called the heterophyids. Metagonimiasis was described… … Wikipedia
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Cotylogonimus — A group of heterophyid flukes, now properly included in the genus Heterophyes. [G. kotyle, cup, + gonimos, productive] * * * Cot·y·lo·gon·i·mus (kot″ə lo gonґĭ məs) [Gr. kotylē cup + gonimos productive] Heterophyes … Medical dictionary
heterophyiasis — Infection with a heterophyid trematode, particularly Heterophyes heterophyes. SYN: heterophyidiasis. * * * n. an infestation of the small intestine with the parasitic fluke Heterophyes. Humans become infected on eating raw or salted fish that… … Medical dictionary
Thiara — A widespread genus of operculate snails (family Thiaridae, subclass Prosobranchiata) found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. T. tuberculata is one of the initial intermediate hosts of the human… … Medical dictionary
Monkey goby — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
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