worm family

Thesaurus

Noun

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worm family - a family of worms animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals family Fasciolidae, Fasciolidae - a family of Trematoda family Schistosomatidae, Schistosomatidae - a family of Trematoda family Taeniidae, Taeniidae - a family of Cestoda Ascaridae, family Ascaridae - large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates family Oxyuridae, Oxyuridae - pinworms Cephalobidae, family Cephalobidae - a family of Nematoda family Tylenchidae, Tylenchidae - a family of Nematoda Ancylostomatidae, family Ancylostomatidae - hookworms family Filariidae, Filariidae - threadlike roundworms Dracunculidae, family Dracunculidae - greatly elongated roundworm Branchiobdellidae, family Branchiobdellidae - small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches family Terebellidae, Terebellidae - marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies family Hirudinidae, Hirudinidae - a family of Hirudinea family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"