hookworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
Infection with one of these parasites.

/ˈhʊkˌwɝm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hookworm.wav

hookworm hookworms

From hook + worm.

miner's worm miner's anaemia miner's disease

ringworm

American hookworm hookwormy

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