Acuaria

Acuaria
Ac·u·ar·ia .ak-yə-'war-ē-ə n a genus of spiruroid nematodes including destructive parasites found in the gizzard walls of gallinaceous birds and having intermediate stages in insects (as grasshoppers) or crustaceans

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Ac·u·a·ria (ak″u-aґre-ə) a genus of nematodes that infest birds. A. spiraґlis is found in the proventriculus and esophagus of fowls, causing lesions that may be fatal.

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