ASCARID


Meaning of ASCARID in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' as-k ə -r ə d

Function: noun

Etymology: ultimately from Late Latin ascarid-, ascaris intestinal worm, from Greek askarid-, askaris, probably by back-formation from askarizein to jump, throb, alteration of skarizein, from skairein to gambol

Date: 14th century

: any of a family (Ascaridae) of nematode worms that includes the common roundworm ( Ascaris lumbricoides ) parasitic in the human intestine

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