Afroplanorbis
noun
Af·ro·pla·nor·bis
¦a-frō-plə-ˈnȯr-bəs
: a genus of African pulmonate freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) including important intermediate hosts of the blood fluke (Schistosomamansoni)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Afr- + Planorbis
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
- nitrogen monoxide
- nitrogen mustard
- nitrogen narcosis
- nitrogen oxide
- nitrogen pentoxide
- nitrogen peroxide
- nitrogen tetroxide
- nitrogen trioxide
- nitrogen-fixer
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenases
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenation
- nitrogenise
- nitrogenised
- nitrogenises
- nitrogenising
- nitrogenization
- nitrogenize
- nitrogenized
- nitrogenizes
- nitrogenizing
- nitrogenous
- nitrogens