palisade worm
noun
Any of several large strongyles (threadworms) that infest horses, especially Strongylus vulgaris, S. edentatus, and S. equinus, so called from having a row of chitinous spicules along the edge of their mouths.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George Rolleston (1829–1881), physician and physiologist.
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