ウリザネジョウチュウ

Meanings

dog tapeworm; cucumber tapeworm; double-pore tapeworm

usually written using kana alone

Scientific name Dipylidium caninum; a tapeworm that infects dogs and cats, occasionally humans. The Japanese name literally means 'melon seed tapeworm' from the shape of its segments.

ウリザネジョウチュウは犬いぬや猫ねこによく見みられる寄き生せい虫ちゅうです。
The dog tapeworm is a parasite commonly found in dogs and cats.
ウリザネジョウチュウの片へん節せつは瓜うりの種たねに似にている。
The segments of the cucumber tapeworm resemble melon seeds.