Afroplanorbis

noun

Af·​ro·​pla·​nor·​bis

¦a-frō-plə-ˈnȯr-bəs

: a genus of African pulmonate freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) including important intermediate hosts of the blood fluke (Schistosomamansoni)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Afr- + Planorbis

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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