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Ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm
intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
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Ascaridia galli, chicken roundworm
intestinal parasite of domestic fowl
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Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, threadworm
small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
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eelworm
any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
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Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm
small roundworm parasitic on wheat
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Trichinella spiralis, trichina
parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles
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hookworm
parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
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filaria
slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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Anguillula aceti, Turbatrix aceti, vinegar eel, vinegar worm
minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar
