genus branchiobdella

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1. type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	worm genus,
definition	:	a genus of worms (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	branchiobdellidae, family branchiobdellidae,
definition	:	small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches (noun.animal)