Dipylidium

Translingual

Dipylidium caninum

Etymology

From Dipyle +‎ -idium (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Dipylidium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipylidiidae – taenioid tapeworms including the common dog tapeworm that is a cosmopolitan parasite of dogs, cats, and other carnivores and occasionally infests humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Cyclophyllidea - order; Dipylidiidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Dipylidium caninum - sole accepted species

Derived terms

Dipylidiidae

References

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

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