Davainea

Translingual

Etymology

From feminine singular of New Latin davaineus, from French physician Casimir Davaine +‎ -eus.

Proper noun

Davainea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Davaineidae – very small taenioid tapeworms infesting the intestine of gallinaceous birds and occasionally of man.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Cyclophyllidea - order; Davaineidae - family ; Davaineinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Davainea proglottina - type species

Descendants

→ English: davainea

References

Davainea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Davainea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Davainea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Davainea available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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