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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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Bagworm
noun · 78% connection
One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Caddis
noun · 78% connection
The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Cercaria
noun · 78% connection
The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Cocoon
noun · 78% connection
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Cod
noun · 78% connection
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Cysticercus
noun · 78% connection
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Encystment
noun · 78% connection
A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Gapeworm
noun · 78% connection
The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Hairworm
unknown · 78% connection
A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
Helminth
noun · 78% connection
worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
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: small, slender, nematoid, worm, spiralis.
