məˈnezh(ē)ə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Romain-Louis Moniez died 1936 French physician + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of cyclophyllidean tapeworms (family Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing the intestine of various ruminants and having a cysticercoid larva in oribatid mites
2. -s : any worm of the genus Moniezia