Gyraulus

noun

Gy·​rau·​lus

jīˈrȯləs

: a genus of freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) important in eastern Asia as intermediate hosts of the human intestinal fluke

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gyr- + Greek aulos tube, groove, reed instrument like an oboe

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