clinostomum

clinostomum
\\klīˈnästəməm\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from clin- + -stomum
1. capitalized : a genus of digenetic trematodes occurring as adults in the mouth and esophagus of fish-eating birds and as metacercaria encysting in the muscles of various fishes and other aquatic vertebrates
2. plural clinostoma \\-mə\ : any worm of the genus Clinostomum; especially : yellow grub

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • clinostomum — cli·nos·to·mum …   English syllables

  • yellow grub — an infestation of fish with the metacercariae of Clinostomum marginatum, a digenetic trematode …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • κλινόστομος — ο ζωολ. γένος οστεϊχθύων τής οικογένειας cyprinidae. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. clinostomum < clin(o) (πρβλ. κλιν[ο] < κλίνω) + stomum (πρβλ. στομον < στόμα)] …   Dictionary of Greek

  • yellow grub — noun : a larval trematode worm (genus Clinostomum) that encysts in the flesh of fishes …   Useful english dictionary

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