Capillaria

See also: capillaria

Translingual

Eggs of Capillaria hepatica

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin capillus (“hair”) +‎ -aria (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Capillaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Capillariidae – slender white nematode worms that include serious pathogens of the digestive tract of fowls and some tissue and organ parasites of mammals.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Dorylaimea – class; Trichocephalia – subclass; Trichocephalida – order; Capillariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Capillaria aerophila, Capillaria anatis, Capillaria bursata, Capillaria gastrica, Capillaria hepatica, Capillaria madseni, Capillaria navoneae, Capillaria pudendotecta, Capillaria putorii, Capillaria spinulosa, Capillaria tenuissima, Capillaria xenopi - selected species

Derived terms

• Amphibiocapillaria
• Capillariidae
• Capillariinae
• Capillarioides
• Crocodylocapillaria
• Freitascapillaria
• Hepatocapillaria
• Lobocapillaria
• Neocapillaria
• Paracapillaria
• Piscicapillaria
• Procapillaria
• Pseudocapillaria

References

• Capillaria (nematode) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Capillaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Capillaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Capillaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information