echinococcus

名词 n.
/ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs. archaic

词形变化

echinococci plural

词源

Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).
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