transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˌkī-nə-ˈkä-kəs ]
noun
( plural echi·no·coc·ci -ˈkäk-ˌ(s)ī, -ˈkäk-(ˌ)(s)ē)
Etymology: New Latin, genus name
Date: 1839
: any of a genus ( Echinococcus ) of tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen