asticot

Definitions of asticot
  1. noun
    the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
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    larve
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
  2. noun
    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
    synonyms: ver
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    plathelminthe, ver plathelminthe
    parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
    annélide
    worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
    ténia
    ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
    oligochètes
    hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
    sangsue
    carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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    invertébré
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  3. noun
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
    synonyms: larve
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    larve
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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