Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various flatworms of the class Monogenea that typically pass the entire life cycle as an ectoparasite on an individual fish.

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  • noun Any of many flatworms of the class Monogenea

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Monogenea, class name (originally an order name) : mono– + Greek geneā, race; see genealogy.]

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Examples

  • Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Members of one genera of monogenean, Polystoma, lives in the urinary bladders of frogs.

    Platyhelminthes 2007

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