Schistosoma

See also: schistosoma

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cloven, divided”) +‎ σῶμα (sôma, “body”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split, to cleave”) +‎ -τος (-tos, “able to”), referring to the gynecophoric canal on the dorsal surface of the adult male.

Proper noun

Schistosoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Schistosomatidae – schistosomes, blood flukes, parasitic flatworms.

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Descendants

  • → English: schistosome

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