helminth
Noun
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Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes (synset 101925358)
is a type of: worm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvaebelongs to:
- class trematoda, trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)
- cestoda, class cestoda - tapeworms
- aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
same as: parasitic worm
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