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parasitic worm

DEFINITIONS OF: parasitic worm

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n worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

Synonyms:
helminth
Type of:
worm
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
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