nematode worm

1. Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends;
   Mostly free-living but some are parasitic (synset 101932753)
   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 larvae
   subtypes:

   • ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm - intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
   • ascaridia galli, chicken roundworm - intestinal parasite of domestic fowl
   • enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, threadworm - small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
   • eelworm - any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
   • tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm - small roundworm parasitic on wheat
   • trichina, trichinella spiralis - parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles
   • hookworm - parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
   • filaria - slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
   • dracunculus medinensis, guinea worm - parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
   belongs to: aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
   same as: nematode, roundworm

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