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cœnure Zool.|ˈsiːnjə(r)| [ad. mod.L. cœnūrus (more common than the Eng. form), f. Gr. κοιν-ός common + οὐρά tail, so called from the single body with many heads.] The ‘many-headed bladderworm’; the hydatid which produces the disease called staggers in sheep; it is the cystic stage or larva of Tœnia cœnurus, one of the tapeworms of the dog.
1847Craig, Cœnure..Hydatides which infest the brain of sheep. 1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites 99 The Coenurus of the sheep causes giddiness, and becomes fatal to the animal which harbours it. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 326 There are 300 to 400 heads in Coenurus. |