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DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
Synonyms:
Dracunculus medinensis; Guinea worm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dracunculus medinensis" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("Dracunculus medinensis" is a member of...):
Dracunculus; genus Dracunculus (type genus of the family Dracunculidae)
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