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a.
Of or pertaining to worms; wormy.
n.
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
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Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic.
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A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
n. pl.
An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.
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Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
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A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.
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One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.
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Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.
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An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.
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Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
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Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms.
v. t.
To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.
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A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
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An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers.
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Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
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Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
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The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Producing or breeding worms.
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A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.
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