monogenean

mon o ge ne an |ˌmänəˈjēnēən ˌmɑnoʊˈʤɪniən |Zoology ▶adjective of or relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host. Compare with digenean. ▶noun a monogenean fluke. [Class Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes; sometimes treated as a subclass of the class Trematoda. ] ORIGIN 1960s: from modern Latin Monogenea (from Greek monos ‘single ’ + genea ‘generation ’) + -an .

monogenean

monogenean |ˌmɒnə (ʊ )dʒɪˈniːən, mɒnə (ʊ )ˈdʒɛnɪən |Zoology ▶adjective relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host. Compare with digenean. ▶noun a monogenean fluke. ●Class Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes; sometimes treated as a subclass of the class Trematoda. ORIGIN 1960s: from modern Latin Monogenea (from Greek monos ‘single ’ + genea ‘generation ’) + -an .