Hymenolepis

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane, caul”) +‎ λεπίς (lepís, “epithelial debris; eggshell”) [1]

Proper noun

Hymenolepis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenolepididae – tapeworms responsible for hymenolepiasis.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain asterid plants.

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References
  1. From the original description of the genus:
    1858, David Friedrich Weinland, Human cestoides: an essay on the tapeworms of man‎ (in English), page 55:
    The most characteristic feature in this worm is its eggs, […] With a higher power, we easily distinguish three distinct egg-shells (Fig. 9.1, a, b, c). The outside shell is translucent, elastic, cracking in sharp angles under pressure, and only 0.0007 millim. thick. […] The second shell is membranaceous and irregularly wrinkled, thinner than the first, and immediately attached to it.

Further reading
Tapeworm
Asterid
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