Ancylostoma

See also: ancylostoma

Translingual

Ancylostoma caninum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Proper noun

Ancylostoma n

A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling hooks and are intestinal parasites of mammals including humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Strongylida - order; Ancylostomatoidea - superfamily; Ancylostomatidae - family; Ancylostomatinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Ancylostoma ailuropodae, Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma tubaeforme - selected species

References

Ancylostoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ancylostoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ancylostoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ancylostoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
“Ancylostoma”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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