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Definition: COENURUS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Coenurus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Coenurus \C[oe]*nu"rus\, noun. [New Latin expression. from Greek tail.]. (references)

Definition: COENURUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "COENURUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Coenurus \C[oe]*nu"rus\, noun. [New Latin expression. from Greek tail.]. (references)