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| angleworm |
a worm used as bait in fishing, esp. an earthworm. |
| bristle worm |
a segmented worm of the class Polychaeta with bristled appendages. |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [1/2 definitions] |
| Guinea worm |
a long thin parasitic nematode worm of tropical Africa and Asia that lives under the skin of humans and other mammals. |
| heartworm |
a parasitic worm (Dirofilaria immitis) transmitted by mosquitos that infects the pulmonary arteries and heart of mammals, esp. dogs. [1/2 definitions] |
| helminth |
a worm, esp. a parasitic intestinal worm. |
| hookworm |
a parasitic bloodsucking worm with hooks around its mouth with which it attaches itself to human and animal intestine walls. [1/2 definitions] |
| larva |
a newly hatched, wingless insect, often in the form of a worm, before it undergoes metamorphosis into its adult form. [1/2 definitions] |
| nematode |
an unsegmented, usu. parasitic worm having an elongated, cylindrical body; roundworm. |
| pantyhose |
a close-fitting, see-through, stretchable garment worm by women that covers the feet, legs, and lower torso. |
| pinworm |
a small parasitic nematode worm that infests the large intestine and rectum, esp. in children. |
| polychaete |
any segmented worm of the class Polychaeta characterized by bristled appendages on each segment and usu. living in ocean water; bristle worms. |
| roundworm |
a worm with a long, cylindrical, unsegmented body that is a parasite in mammal intestines. |
| schistosomiasis |
a chronic, usu. tropical disease caused by an infestation of certain worm parasites, and producing disorders of the liver, bladder, lungs, or central nervous system. |
| sludgeworm |
a small freshwater worm that lives in sewage sludges or other muds that are low in oxygen but rich in organic matter. |
| trichina |
a tiny parasitic worm that causes trichinosis by residing, in the adult stage, in the intestines of its host animal and, during the larval stage, encysting the muscles. |
| vermi- |
worm. |
| vermiform |
shaped like a worm; long, slender, and sinuous. |
| vinegar eel |
a small nematode worm that feeds on organisms in unsterilized vinegar; vinegar worm. |
| woodworm |
a worm or insect larva that breeds in or bores into wood. |
| worm |
see "computer worm." [1/11 definitions] |
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