genus echinococcus

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   tapeworms

   Broaderworm genus

   Part ofTaeniidae

Questions about genus echinococcus

What does genus echinococcus mean?

genus echinococcus means "tapeworms".

Is genus echinococcus a common word?

genus echinococcus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.