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THREADWORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does threadworm mean?
• THREADWORM (noun)
The noun THREADWORM has 1 sense:
1. small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Familiarity information: THREADWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm; threadworm
Hypernyms ("threadworm" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("threadworm" is a member of...):
Enterobius; genus Enterobius (pinworms)
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