Panstrongylus

Panstrongylus
Pan·stron·gy·lus .pan-'strän-jə-ləs n a genus of triatomid bugs that is sometimes considered a subgenus of the genus Triatoma and includes some important vectors (as P. megistus or Triatoma megista) which transmit the causative trypanosome of Chagas' disease to humans

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n.
a genus of large bloodsucking bugs (see reduviid). P. megistus is important in transmitting Chagas' disease to humans in Brazil.

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Pan·stron·gy·lus (pan-stronґjə-ləs) a genus of cone-nose bugs of the family Reduviidae, species of which are vectors of Trypanosoma.

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  • panstrongylus — “+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pan + Strongylus : a genus of triatomid bugs that contains the conenoses some of which transmit Chagas disease …   Useful english dictionary

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