parasitic worm

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parasitic worm - worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukeshelminthworm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvaeclass Trematoda, Trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)Cestoda, class Cestoda - tapewormsAschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms