Lernæa /(lẽr*nē"ȧ)/

Ler·næ·a

Lernæa

n.

[NL., fr. L. Lernaeus Lernæan, fr. Lerna, Gr. Le`rnh, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra.]

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

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