Onchocerca

Translingual

Onchocerca volvulus

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) +‎ κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

Proper noun

Onchocerca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – parasitic roundworms that cause river blindness.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder; Filarioidea - superfamily; Onchocercidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Onchocerca armillata, Onchocerca boehmi, Onchocerca borneensis, Onchocerca cervicalis, Onchocerca cervipedis, Onchocerca dewittei, Onchocerca dukei, Onchocerca eberhardi, Onchocerca fasciata, Onchocerca flexuosa, Onchocerca gibsoni, Onchocerca gutturosa, Onchocerca jakutensis, Onchocerca lienalis, Onchocerca lupi, Onchocerca microfilariae, Onchocerca ochengi, Onchocerca ramachandrini, Onchocerca skrjabini, Onchocerca suzukii, Onchocerca takaokai, Onchocerca volvulus - selected species

Derived terms

• Onchocercidae

 

References

• Onchocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Onchocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Onchocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Onchocerca at National Center for Biotechnology Information