|
|
Definition of Genus taenia
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Taenia
Literary usage of Genus taenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diagnosis of Protozoa and Worms Parasitic in Man by Robert William Hegner, William Walter Cort (1921)
"It is doubtful if all the forms reported from man belonging to ttie genus Taenia
are distinct species; they may simply represent abnormalities of one of the ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Messmates by Beneden (Pierre Joseph) (1876)
"H. Krabbe, has just finished a special work on cestode worms of the genus Taenia,
and he remarks that there is no class in which these worms are so abundant ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... they are all parts of the life-history of one genus, Taenia. The mosl recent
arrangement is that of Villot (16), which is аз follows:— I. The caudal ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... and (2) in their perfect, ribbon-like shape, constituting the genus Taenia,
of which about 20 species have been described. ..."
Other Resources:
