BRIGADIER GENERAL
\bɹˌɪɡɐdˈi͡ə d͡ʒˈɛnəɹə͡l], \bɹˌɪɡɐdˈiə dʒˈɛnəɹəl], \b_ɹ_ˌɪ_ɡ_ɐ_d_ˈiə dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ə_ɹ_əl]\
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An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
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Hymenolepis
- A genus of small tapeworms birds and mammals. A genus of Cestoda or tapeworms. A cestode worm order Cyclophyllideae, family Hymenolepinidae, genus Hymenolepis. includes several genera, such as H. Diminuta, occasionally infesting children, and Nana, or the dwarf tapeworm of children. Flavopuncta. See Taenia flavopuncta, under tenia.