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Australorbis
noun
Aus·tral·or·bis
\ˌȯstrəˈlȯrbə̇s, ˌäs-\
Definition of Australorbis
: a genus of New World pulmonate snails (family Planorbidae) including important South and Central American intermediate hosts of the schistosome (Schistosoma mansoni)
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Origin and Etymology of australorbis
New Latin, from Latin australis southern + orbis ring, circle
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