Onchocerca

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”)

Proper noun

Onchocerca f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – parasitic roundworms that cause river blindness.

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