A parasitic nematoid worm (Filaria medinensis) frequent in many parts of Guinea, whence the name; it is long and thread-like, of a white colour…

the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, which typically infests the legs.

The muscular hair-worm D. (Filaria) medinensis, found in the legs and muscular parts of the arms of the inhabitants of both Indies, and other…

An aquatic, nematomorph worm of the order Gordioidea, which, in its larval stages, is a parasite of insects, worms, or fishes.

Misused to render French draconcule, guinea-worm.

a worm or other parasite that infests or migrates through the skin, as the Guinea worm.

In parts of central Asia: the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. Also: the disease which this causes; dracontiasis.