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Air sac
unknown · 78% connection
One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lung…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, 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: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Bots
n. pl. · 78% connection
The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Bronchodilator
noun · 78% connection
a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Browse
noun · 78% connection
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Cavitary
adjective · 78% connection
Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Cilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Construction
noun · 78% connection
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a constr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Cough
verb · 78% connection
To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Coughing
noun · 78% connection
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
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: several, species, parasitic, 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: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Drove
noun · 78% connection
A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Drover
noun · 78% connection
One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, 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: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
Flock
noun · 78% connection
A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
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: several, species, parasitic, nematoid, worms.
