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hookworm

Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts WordNet 3.0

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Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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. Wiktionary

Parasitic worm. Wiktionary (translation)

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nematode

PART OF

Ancylostomatidae

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

hookworm

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hookworm