Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Muel·le·ri·us Pronunciation:
myü-'lir-E-&s Function:
noun : a genus of lungworms of the family Metastrongylidaethat include forms (as
M. capillaris syn.
M. minutissimus) infecting the lungs of sheep and goats and having larval stages in various snails and slugs
Müláler /'m[ue]l-&r/,
Fritz (Johann Friedrich Theodor) (1822–1897), German zoologist. Working mostly in South America, Müller made major contributions to the anatomy ofinvertebrates including the coelenterates, annelids, and crustaceans, to entomology, and to botany. From 1878 onward Müller published a series of articles reporting the mimicry that exists amongsimilar, unpalatable species of insects. This is now known as Müllerian mimicry.
