cuniculus

cuniculus
The burrow of the scabies mite in the epidermis. [L. a rabbit; an underground passage]

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cu·nic·u·lus kyü-'nik-(y)ə-ləs n, pl cu·nic·u·li -.lī, -.lē the burrow of an itch mite in the skin

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n.
a genus of large forest-dwelling rodents, the pacas or spotted cavies, found in South and Central America. In Brazil these animals are a natural reservoir of the parasite Leishmania braziliensis, which causes espundia (see leishmaniasis).

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Cu·nic·u·lus (ku-nikґu-ləs) a genus of burrowing rodents found in tropical parts of the Americas. C. paґca is the paca.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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