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PARASITIC WORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
Synonyms:
helminth; parasitic worm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("parasitic worm" is a kind of...):
worm (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)
Holonyms ("parasitic worm" is a member of...):
class Trematoda; Trematoda (parasitic flatworms (including flukes))
Cestoda; class Cestoda (tapeworms)
Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)
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