| NOUN | animal | Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm | parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates |
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| Meaning | Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates. | |
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| Synonym | Guinea worm | |
| Member of | Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | type genus of the family Dracunculidae |
| Broader | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends |
| Spanish | filaria de Medina | |
| Catalan | filaria de Medina | |
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