Term: gyrodactylus (n)
Literally meaning: “around finger”
Origin: Anc Greek
γύρος/-gyrus(=around)
(δάκτυλος/dactylos, digit)(=finger, digit) >δείκτης/deictes (=index finger)
Coined/History
Definition
Gyrodactylus a finger-shaped fish parasite is a monogenean trematode of the family Dactylogyridae.
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