Capillaria
See also: capillaria
Translingual
Eggs of Capillaria hepatica
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin capillus (“hair”) + -aria (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Capillaria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Capillariidae – slender white nematode worms that include serious pathogens of the digestive tract of fowls and some tissue and organ parasites of mammals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Dorylaimea - class; Trichocephalia - subclass; Trichocephalida - order; Capillariidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Capillaria aerophila, Capillaria anatis, Capillaria bursata, Capillaria gastrica, Capillaria hepatica, Capillaria madseni, Capillaria navoneae, Capillaria pudendotecta, Capillaria putorii, Capillaria spinulosa, Capillaria tenuissima, Capillaria xenopi - selected species
Derived terms
- Amphibiocapillaria
- Capillariidae
- Capillariinae
- Capillarioides
- Crocodylocapillaria
- Freitascapillaria
- Hepatocapillaria
- Lobocapillaria
- Neocapillaria
- Paracapillaria
- Piscicapillaria
- Procapillaria
- Pseudocapillaria
References
Capillaria (nematode) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Capillaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Capillaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Capillaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information