A genus of parasitic tapeworms that infect birds and other animals.
Modern scientific Latin, named after a naturalist or etymologically constructed for taxonomic purposes. The '-ea' ending follows Linnaean naming conventions for genera.
Davainea tapeworms are so specific to certain birds that ornithologists can identify host species by the parasites they carry—the parasite becomes a biological fingerprint!
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