GENUS TAENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Taenia mean? 

• GENUS TAENIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS TAENIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms

  Familiarity information: GENUS TAENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TAENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Taenia" is a kind of...):

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Taenia"):

taenia (tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host)

Holonyms ("genus Taenia" is a member of...):

family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)

 Context examples 

A parasitic infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia affecting the brain.

(Neurocysticercosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Infection with CYSTICERCUS, a larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man).

(Cysticercosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)