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
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
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nematode -
A small invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda.
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nematode A group of unsegmented worms which have been variously recognized as an order, class, and phylum.
nematode One of the most common phyla of animals, with over 80,000 different described species (of which over 15,000 are parasitic). They are ubiquitous in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments, where they often outnumber other animals in both individual and species counts, and are found in locations as diverse as Antarctica and oceanic trenches.
