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threadworm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun threadworm has 1 sense
- threadworm(n = noun.animal) enterobius vermicularis, pinworm - small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children; Array is a kind of nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
is a member of enterobius, genus enterobius
CIDE DICTIONARY
threadworm, n.
Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
threadworm, n. any of various esp. parasitic threadlike nematode worms, e.g. the pinworm.
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