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Acanthocephala

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phylum acanthocephalanoun	phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

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phylum acanthocephalanoun	phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
hookwormnoun	(countable) Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
nematomorpha	(sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as horsehair worms, hairsnakes, or Gordian worms) a phylum of parasitoid animals superficially similar to nematode worms in morphology, hence the name.
trichuris	Trichuris (synonym Trichocephalus), often referred to as whipworms or the silent serpent (which typically refers to T. trichiura only in medicine, and to any other species in veterinary medicine), is a genus of parasitic helminths from the roundworm family Trichuridae.
porocephaliasisnoun	A parasitic infection by species in the closely related genera Porocephalus and Armillifer and other tongue worms in order Porocephalida.
trichuris trichiura	Trichuris trichiura, Trichocephalus trichiuris or whipworm, is a parasitic roundworm (a type of helminth) that causes trichuriasis (a type of helminthiasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases) when it infects a human large intestine.
onychophora	Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.
tapewormnoun	(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
phoronidnoun	(zoology) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animal of the phylum Phoronida.
scorpionfishnoun	Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.
chaetognatha	The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning bristle-jaws) are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide.
oligochaetenoun	Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the subclass Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body.
digenea	(Gr. Dis – double, Genos – race) a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as flukes) with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral.
worm lizardnoun	Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms.
scorpionnoun	Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
echinodermnoun	An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
spider-tailed horned vipernoun	Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, a species of viper snake with a tail shaped like a spider, which it uses to lure its prey.
stingernoun	A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
lungwormnoun	Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
hermodice carunculata	Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.