See Also: Panstrongylus(medicine)

surmullet (iou) and Panstrongylus (medicine)


surmullet (iou)



surmullet noun. Pl. same, -s. L17.
[French surmulet, from Old French sor (mod. saur) red, of unkn. origin, + MULLET noun1.]
Any of several edible red mullet, esp. (more fully striped surmullet) Mullus surmuletus, which is red with three long yellow stripes, and (more fully plain surmullet) M. barbatus.

Panstrongylus (medicine)


panstrongylus


A genus of cone-nosed bugs of the subfamily triatominae (reduviidae). Its species are vectors of trypanosoma cruzi.