Definition of Genus Fasciolopsis

1. Noun. A genus of Fasciolidae.

Exact synonyms: Fasciolopsis
Generic synonyms: Worm Genus
Group relationships: Family Fasciolidae, Fasciolidae
Member holonyms: Fasciolopsis Buski

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fasciolopsis

genus Eurotium
genus Euryale
genus Eustoma
genus Eutamias
genus Euterpe
genus Euthynnus
genus Evernia
genus Exacum
genus Exaeretodon
genus Fabiana
genus Fagopyrum
genus Fagus
genus Falcatifolium
genus Falco
genus Fasciola
genus Fasciolopsis (current term)
genus Feijoa
genus Felicia
genus Felis
genus Ferocactus
genus Festuca
genus Ficus
genus Filago
genus Firmiana
genus Fissurella
genus Fistularia
genus Fistulina
genus Flacourtia
genus Flammulina
genus Flindersia

Literary usage of Genus Fasciolopsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Genus. Fasciolopsis, Looss, 1898. Ventral sucker large, and elongated posteriorly into a sac. Cirrus pouch long and cylindrical, its greatest length being ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... body piriform; 14 mm. long: in lungs of kingfisher Dist. trapezium Leidy (32, 81) = F, reticulata R. Wr. (97, 44) genus Fasciolopsis. ..."

3. Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods by James Campbell Todd (1918)
"genus Fasciolopsis.—1. Fasciolopsis buski.— This fluke is parasitic in the duodenum of man, and is widespread in the East, notably in India, China, ..."

4. Diseases of the Intestines and Lower Alimentary Tract by Anthony Bassler (1920)
"There are several very large forms of flukes belonging to the genus Fasciolopsis, especially notable being the F. buski. found in many East Asian countries ..."

5. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1918)
"and iarge , , ., TT .. jr,. nent genital aperture Several large flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis posterior ventral occur occasionally in man, especially F. ..."

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