Pseudosuccinea

noun

Pseu·​do·​succinea

¦sü(ˌ)dō+

: a genus of freshwater snails (family Lymnaeidae) including important New World intermediate hosts of a liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pseud- + Succinea

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