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PARASITIC WORM

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Meaning:

Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

Synonyms:

helminth; parasitic worm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("parasitic worm" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("parasitic worm" is a member of...):

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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