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Webster 1913 Edition
Lernaea
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Ler-næ′a
(lẽr-nē′ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
Lernaeus
Lernæan, fr. Lerna
, Gr. Λέρνη
, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra.] (Zool.)
A Linnæan genus of parasitic Entomostraca, – the same as the family
Lernæidæ
. ☞ The genus is restricted by modern Zoologists to a limited number of species similar to
Lernæa branchialis
found on the gills of the cod.