lernæa

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The typical genus of Lernæidæ, formerly regarded as belonging to the group of nematoid intestinal worms. The male of L. branchialis is 2 or 3 millimeters long, the female twice as large. Also Lernea.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A Linnæan genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernæidæ.