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parasitic worm
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Noun1.parasitic worm - worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukesparasitic worm - worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
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
class Trematoda, Trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)
Cestoda, class Cestoda - tapeworms
Aschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms


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The larva is deposited in the animal when the mosquito bites it and these parasitic worms go deep inside the healthy animals blood stream.
Parasitic worms - or helminths - have largely been eliminated from humans in developed countries, thanks to modern hygiene.
Parasitic worms living inside the bodies of populations from tropical regions without causing them any trouble at all.
 
 
 
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