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horsehair worm

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Any of various slender aquatic worms of the phylum Nematomorpha, the larvae of which are parasitic within insects. Also called hairworm.

horsehair worm

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for hairworm [2]

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A Gordian worm grows up inside an insect, then leads its host to drown itself so the worm can free itself.

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