threadwormn.
/ˈθrɛdwəːm/, U.S. /ˈθrɛdˌwərm/ A worm of threadlike form, as the Guinea worm n., hairworm n., etc.; esp. the pin-worm, Oxyuris (Ascaris) vermicularis, parasitic in the human rectum, chiefly in children.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > family Ascaridae > genus Oxyuris > member of > oxyuris vermicularis (threadworms)
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1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) III. 526 The Indian threadworm, or guinea-worm..enters the naked feet of the slaves.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 301 The head of the Thread-worm is subulate, nodose, and divided into three vesicles.
1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 582 The Thread Worm (Gordius aquaticus) is viviparous, and the young differ in form from the mother.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 512 [Eczema] may follow the irritation of thread worms.
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