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
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Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Yet, half of spadefoot toads carry the monogenean Pseudodiplorchis, and each toad carries an average of five.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Members of one genera of monogenean, Polystoma, lives in the urinary bladders of frogs.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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