NOUN | animal | helminth, parasitic worm | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes |
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Sounds | hheh'lmihnth | |
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Rhymes | absinthe ... plinth: 6 rhymes with ihnth... |
Meaning | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes. | |
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Synonym | parasitic worm | |
Member of | Cestoda, class Cestoda | tapeworms |
Nematoda, phylum Nematoda, Aschelminthes, phylum Aschelminthes | unsegmented worms | |
Trematoda, class Trematoda | Parasitic flatworms (including flukes) | |
Broader | worm | Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes |
Spanish | helminto | |
Catalan | cuc paràsit, helmint |
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