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Dracunculus medinensis

DEFINITIONS OF: Dracunculus medinensis

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n parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

Synonyms:
Guinea worm
Type of:
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
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