Onchocerca
Translingual
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Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Proper noun
Onchocerca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – parasitic roundworms that cause river blindness.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder; Filarioidea - superfamily; Onchocercidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Onchocerca armillata, Onchocerca boehmi, Onchocerca borneensis, Onchocerca cervicalis, Onchocerca cervipedis, Onchocerca dewittei, Onchocerca dukei, Onchocerca eberhardi, Onchocerca fasciata, Onchocerca flexuosa, Onchocerca gibsoni, Onchocerca gutturosa, Onchocerca jakutensis, Onchocerca lienalis, Onchocerca lupi, Onchocerca microfilariae, Onchocerca ochengi, Onchocerca ramachandrini, Onchocerca skrjabini, Onchocerca suzukii, Onchocerca takaokai, Onchocerca volvulus - selected species
Derived terms
References
Onchocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Onchocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Onchocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Onchocerca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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