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nematode worm - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

nematode, roundworm

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

Aschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms

Ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm - intestinal parasite of humans and pigs

Ascaridia galli, chicken roundworm - intestinal parasite of domestic fowl

Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, threadworm - small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children

eelworm - any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms

Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm - small roundworm parasitic on wheat

trichina, Trichinella spiralis - parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

hookworm - parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts

filaria - slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

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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