Dalyellia

noun

Dal·​yell·​ia

dalˈyelēə

: a common genus (the type of the nearly cosmopolitan family Dalyelliidae) of widely distributed rhabdocoel turbellarians with anterior mouth and large dilated pharynx

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from John G. Dalyell †1851 Scottish naturalist + New Latin -ia

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