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Webster 1913 Edition
Coenurus
‖
Cœ-nu′rus
,Noun.
[NL. fr. Gr.
κοινόσ
common + οὐρά
tail.] (Zool.)
The larval stage of a tapeworm (
Tænia cœnurus
) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain
, vertigo
, staggers
or gid
. ☞ This bladder worm has on its surface numerous small heads, each of which, when swallowed by a dog, becomes a mature tapeworm in the dog’s intestine.
Definition 2024
coenurus
coenurus
English
Noun
coenurus (plural coenuri)
- The parasitic larval stage of tapeworms; they infest herbivores