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spirorchid

spirorchid noun: any trematode of the family Spirorchiidae.

Noun

spirorchid (plural spirorchids)

  1. Any trematode of the family Spirorchiidae.
    • Terrapene herpesvirus 1 was detected in captive eastern box turtles ( Terrapene carolina carolina ) with stomatitis and glossitis [ 31 ], whereas Terrapene herpesvirus 2 was recently identified in an eastern box turtle coinfected with a spirorchid trematode and with papillomatous growths [ 32 ].2015 August 5, Francesco C. Origgi et al., “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Forms of spirorchid

pluralspirorchids

Questions about spirorchid

What does spirorchid mean?
Spirorchid means any trematode of the family Spirorchiidae.
What part of speech is spirorchid?
Spirorchid is a noun.
What is the plural of spirorchid?
The plural of spirorchid is spirorchids.

Words near spirorchid in the dictionary

  1. spiropyrans
  2. spiroquinazoline
  3. spiroquinazolines
  4. spirorbid
  5. spirorbids
  6. spirorchid
  7. spirorchids
  8. spirorchiid
  9. spirorchiidiasis
  10. spirorchiidiosis
  11. spirorchiids

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