Bu·li·nus
byüˈlīnəs
: a genus (the type of the family Bulinidae) of small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals
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in some classifications
: a genus coextensive with Bulimus
—used chiefly in medical literature
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