ˌträpəˈkȯrbə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from tropicus tropical (from Latin, of a turning of the sun) + Latin orbis ring, circle — more at tropic , orb
: a genus of New World freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) of medical importance as hosts of the schistosome ( Schistosoma mansoni ) in endemic focuses in No. and So. America