Bdella

Bdella (from the Greek βδέλλα , bdella = "leech") is a name that occurs as the root Bdell- in the root word of the scientific name of various groups of living beings that are not closely related, including:

• Bdella nilotica , species name of Limnatis nilotica , the horse sail, invalid due to homonymy
• Bdelloida , order of rotifers
• Bdelloidea , superfamily of mites
  • Bdellidae , beak mite family
    • Bdella , genus of beak mites
• Bdellodes , genus of mites
• Bdellovibrio , genus of bacteria

See also

• Bdellium , a name for the resin of the balsam tree

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.