dīˈjēneə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from di- + Greek genea race, descent — more at kin
: a subclass of Trematoda commonly divided into the orders Gasterostomata and Prosostomata, comprising forms with a complex life cycle involving alternation of sexual reproduction as an internal parasite of a vertebrate with asexual reproduction in a mollusk, and often including developmental stages in still other hosts — compare aspidogastrea 1, monogenea
• di·ge·ne·ous (ˈ)dī|jēnēəs adjective