1. Plural of coenurus; larval tapeworms (Taenia multiceps) that form cysts in the brain and other tissues of sheep and other animals, causing a disease called gid.
Usage: technical; veterinary medicine; parasitology

Examples

• The coenuri parasites were found in the sheep's brain tissue during the necropsy.
• Infection with coenuri can cause severe neurological symptoms in livestock.
• Veterinarians identified coenuri as the cause of the gid disease affecting the flock.
• The life cycle of coenuri involves both canine and ovine hosts.