moniezia
noun
mo·nie·zia
| \ ˌmän-ē-ˈez-ē-ə
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Medical Definition of moniezia
1
capitalized
: a genus of cyclophyllidean tapeworms (family Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing the intestine of various ruminants and having a cysticercoid larva in oribatid mites
2
: any tapeworm of the genus Moniezia