Dicrocoelium
Translingual
Adult Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκροος (díkroos, “forked, cloven”) + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body; intestines”) + Latin -um (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Dicrocoelium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dicrocoeliidae – certain parasitic liver flukes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Xiphidiata - suborder; Gorgoderoidea - superfamily; Dicrocoeliidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dicrocoelium chinensis, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Dicrocoelium hospes, Dicrocoelium orientalis - selected species
Derived terms
References
Dicrocoelium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Dicrocoelium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dicrocoelium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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