Definition of Helicella
:a genus of land snails (family Helicidae) including several snails of veterinary importance as intermediate hosts of flukes and of some nematode lungworms of sheep and other ruminants
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Helicella
noun
Heli·cel·la
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ˌheləˈselə
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ˌhēl-
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Origin and Etymology of helicella
New Latin, from helic- + -ella
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