Oxyuris

Oxyuris

(ok'sē-yū'ris), A genus of nematodes commonly called seatworms or pinworms (although the pinworm of humans is the closely related form, Enterobius vermicularis). Oxyuris equi, the horse pinworm, is a common parasite of horses in all parts of the world, inhabiting the large intestine. [G. oxys, sharp, + oura, tail]

Ox·y·u·ris

(ok'sē-yū'ris) A genus of nematodes commonly called seatworms or pinworms (although the pinworm of humans is the closely related form, Enterobius vermicularis). [G. oxys, sharp, + oura, tail]