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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Army worm
unknown · 78% connection
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Ascarid
noun · 78% connection
A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species foun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Cyclops
noun · 78% connection
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Distoma
noun · 78% connection
A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Dracunculus
noun · 78% connection
The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Eel
noun · 78% connection
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Fluke
noun · 78% connection
A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Dist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Geometrid
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Gordius
noun · 78% connection
A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Goura
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Vict…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Guinea
noun · 78% connection
A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, G…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Hawk moth
unknown · 78% connection
Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Helminthology
noun · 78% connection
The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Hydatid
noun · 78% connection
A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the ti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
Ixodes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, slender, nematode, worms, many.
