Branchiobdella

Branchiobdella
noun
type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker
• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiobdellidae, ↑family Branchiobdellidae

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\\ˌbraŋkēˌäbˈdelə, -ēəb-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from branchi- + Greek bdella leech
: a genus (the type of the family Branchiobdellidae) of small annelid worms that live on the gills and surface of crayfishes, have the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker, and are now usually considered to form with a few related forms a superfamily of Oligochaeta though formerly regarded as modified leeches

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