| NOUN | animal | parasitic worm, helminth | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes |
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| Meaning | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes. | |
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| Synonym | helminth | |
| 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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