Term: hirudo: type genus of the family Hirudinidae
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: messenger rna: the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: undesirable: one whose presence is undesirable
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: bailment: the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: bayes' postulate: (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: grill: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: explorer's gentian: tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: estimate: a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: conodont: small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: ultramicroscope: light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
Broader: worm genus: a genus of worms | Unrelated: spacewalker: an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space