Hippeutis

noun

Hip·​peu·​tis

hiˈpyütə̇s

: a genus of freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) that are occasionally the intermediate hosts of some medically important flukes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Greek hippeutēs horseman, from hippos horse

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