Dispharynx

noun

Dis·​pharynx

də̇s+

: a genus of spiruroid nematodes including destructive parasites of the proventriculus and gizzard of gallinaceous birds and usually having intermediate stages in sow bugs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dis- entry 1 + pharynx

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