See Also: Actinomyxidia(medicine)

fetlock (oh) and Actinomyxidia (medicine)


fetlock (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from FOOT1 + LOCK2 'hair']
the back part of a horse's leg, just above the hoof

Actinomyxidia (medicine)


Actinomyxidia


A sporozoan order having a double cellular envelope, three polar capsules, and eight spores; parasitic chiefly in segmented worms, such as the common earthworm.

Origin: actino-+ G. Myxa, mucus