Spirometra mansonoides

Translingual

Etymology

Named for Patrick Manson, Scottish parasitologist.

Proper noun

Spirometra mansonoides f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Diphyllobothriidae – an infectious flatworm which in humans can cause sparganosis.

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