Ancylostoma

See also: ancylostoma

Translingual

Ancylostoma caninum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Proper noun

Ancylostoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling hooks and are intestinal parasites of mammals including humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Strongylida – order; Ancylostomatoidea - superfamily; Ancylostomatidae - family; Ancylostomatinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ancylostoma ailuropodae, Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma tubaeforme - selected species

References

• Ancylostoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ancylostoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ancylostoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ancylostoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Ancylostoma”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.