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ancylostomanounAny hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostomatidnoun(zoology) Any member of the family Ancylostomatidae of hookworms.
ancylostomidnounAny hookworm of the family Ancylostomidae
acanthocephalidnounAlternative form of acanthocephalan. [Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.]
strongylidnounAlternative form of strongyloid. [(zoology) Any worm of the genus Strongylus.]
plathelminthnoun(uncommon) Alternative form of platyhelminth. [Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes.]
strongylnounAlternative spelling of strongyle. [A nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially horses]
tape-wormnounAlternative spelling of tapeworm. [(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.]
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.
acantocephalannounMisspelling of acanthocephalan. [Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.]
onchospherenounAlternative form of oncosphere. [An embryonic form of a tapeworm, enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks]
cysticercusnounThe larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.
tongue wormnounAlternative form of tongueworm. [(zoology) Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.]
acanthocephalannounAny of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
clinostomumnounAny trematode of the genus Clinostomum
cysticercoidnounThe larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst.
helminthnounA parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode.
cyclophyllidnoun(zoology) Any tapeworm in the order Cyclophyllidea.
acornwormnounAlternative form of acorn worm. [A member of a class of worm-like animals, Enteropneusta, with some chordate features.]
osculumnoun(zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.

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