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Anthelminthic
noun · 78% connection
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Aptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, cent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
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, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Bdellomorpha
noun · 78% connection
An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
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, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Cavitary
adjective · 78% connection
Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Cestoidea
n. pl. · 78% connection
A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Chalcid fly
unknown · 78% connection
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Coccus
noun · 78% connection
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Cyclops
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
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, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Filaria
noun · 78% connection
A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Furlough
adjective · 78% connection
Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document gr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Gordiacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Hairworm
unknown · 78% connection
A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
Helminthic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, long, slender, nematoid, worms.
