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Echinoparyphium

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Echi·​no·​pa·​ryph·​i·​um

Definition of Echinoparyphium

: a genus of digenetic trematodes (family Echinostomatidae) infesting the small intestine of waterfowl and domestic poultry and sometimes carnivorous mammals or man

History and Etymology for Echinoparyphium

New Latin, from echin- + -paryphium (from Greek paryphē border woven along a robe, from para- + hyphē web); akin to Greek hyphainein to weave

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