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hirudinean

Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

various parts of the bodies of animals but unconnected with the tissues It is usually formed by parasitic worms esp by larval tapeworms as Echinococcus and Coelignurus See these words in the Vocabulary

Lungworm

Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle sheep and other animals often proving fatal The lungworm

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VerbarMalacobdella

A genus of nemertean worms parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves They have a large posterior sucker like that

VerbarMyzostomata

An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids The body is short and disklike with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of

Nematoda

A phylum of worms having a long round and generally smooth body the roundworms They are mostly parasites in plants and animals

VerbarRotifera

An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head which when in motion often

nemertine

Any of an order Nemertina of soft unsegmented marine worms having an eversible threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract

onychophoran

Any of numerous velvety skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms a member of the

Ooumltype

The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell

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