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Meaning Of Echinococcus
n.
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild
animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in
various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often
cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small
tapeworm peculiar to the dog.