Amidostomum anseris

Am·i·dos·to·mum an·ser·is

(am-i-dos'tō-mŭm an'ser-is), A species of bloodsucking nematodes, similar to those of the genus Trichostrongylus, which parasitize the gizzard and sometimes also the proventriculus and esophagus of domestic and wild ducks and geese; it it widely fatal in young birds. [amido- + G. stoma, mouth, + L. anser, goose]