Troglotrema
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole formed by gnawing”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation, aperture, orifice”).
Proper noun
Troglotrema n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Troglotrematidae – small spiny egg-shaped digenetic trematodes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Troglotremata - suborder; Troglotrematidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Troglotrema acutum, Troglotrema mustelae, Troglotrema salmincola (now often Nanophyetus salmincola) - species
References
- Troglotrema at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- “Troglotrema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary