dracunculus medinensis

Noun
  1. Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates (synset 101936629)
    is a type of: nematode, nematode worm, roundworm - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
    belongs to: dracunculus, genus dracunculus - type genus of the family Dracunculidae
    same as: guinea worm

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