TRICHINA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: trichinae   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

Synonyms:

trichina; Trichinella spiralis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("trichina" is a kind of...):

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

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