Lernaea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lernaea \Ler*n[ae]"a\ (l[~e]r*n[=e]"[.a]), n. [NL., fr. L.
     Lernaeus Lern[ae]an, fr. Lerna, Gr. Le`rnh, a forest and
     marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra.]
     (Zool.)
     A Linn[ae]an genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as
     the family {Lern[ae]id[ae]}.


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     Note: The genus is restricted by modern Zoologists to a
           limited number of species similar to {Lern[ae]a
           branchialis} found on the gills of the cod.
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