Australorbis

noun

Aus·​tral·​or·​bis

ˌȯstrəˈlȯrbə̇s,

ˌäs-

: a genus of New World pulmonate snails (family Planorbidae) including important South and Central American intermediate hosts of the schistosome (Schistosoma mansoni)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin australis southern + orbis ring, circle

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